unexpected result; upset; surprise
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
right to decide; having say (in a decision)
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
prominent; leading; foremost; distinguished
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
decisive battle; deciding match; play-off
cause; seed; variety; kind; counter for varieties
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
reckless; thoughtless; rash; ill-advised; impulsive; mad (e.g. scheme)
losing a battle; lost battle; battle one cannot win; battle one is doomed to lose
nothing but; none other than
novel; original; striking; strange; eccentric; fantastic
to turn over; to turn upside down; to knock over; to tip over; to overturn (e.g. a decision); to upset
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
to invade; to raid; to infringe; to encroach; to harm; to afflict
true state; actual condition; reality
on the occasion of; at the time of
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
to attack; to assault; to assail
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
in the meanwhile; during the time
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
construction; building; putting up; erecting; creation; formulation
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to squeeze; to wring out; to narrow down; to refine
to listen repeatedly; to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again; to ask for a repeated explanation
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
literally; self-explanatorily
hollow; cavity; hole; cave
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
flexibility; pliability; softness; elasticity