consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
alteration (of character or essence); change in quality; transformation; deterioration; degeneration; transmutation
to kick over; to kick down
consideration (for others); (making) allowance
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
sitting cross-legged (i.e. Indian style)
dirty work; unpleasant task
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
as everyone knows; needless to point out
dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
leather; leather-bound; leathern
great trouble; difficulty
pupil and (dark) iris of the eye
to correct; to rectify; to reform; to straighten (one's posture, collar, etc.); to adjust
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
testimony; (verbal) evidence
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
leadership; initiative; spearhead
trusting too much; overestimating ability
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
condition; situation; prospects
to grieve over; to mourn; to lament
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
baseless; groundless; unfounded; without evidence
word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase