false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
doing as one is told; yes-man
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
moaning; muttering; complaining
to break; to be smashed; to split; to crack; to be divided (opinion, vote, etc.); to split (e.g. of a party); to come to light
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
all kinds of things; various things; large number of people
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
long ago; already; a long time ago
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
shamelessly; brazenly; coolly; fast flowing (of water)
like this; in this way; as you see
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
to do exactly what one is told to do; to be subservient; to be easily controlled
will not do; do not; does not
to gulp down (a drink); to slurp
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
absolutely; positively; decidedly
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
to brave a danger; to take a risk
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet