bombarding; shelling; bombardment
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
hostility; antagonism; opposition
suggestion; proposition; proposal; submission (of a bill); motion; proposal
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
one's remaining years; the rest of one's life
in the hand; (something) easily manipulated
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
title (e.g. Doctor, Professor, Lord); job title; position (in a company); degree; status; rank
senior; elder; person older than oneself
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
thorough; exhaustive; complete
decisive moment; critical moment; crucial moment
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to result in death; to lead to death; to be linked with death
to break the ice; to broach a subject; to bring up a topic
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
cares; ill feeling; reserve
settlement; solution; resolution
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
to drink oneself dead drunk; to drink oneself unconscious
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
alcohol; (alcohol-based) hand sanitizer
why?; what for?; how?; by what means?
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
reeking of liquor; smelling of alcohol
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
deeply (stab, thrust, etc.); hard
drunkenness; intoxication
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal