as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
fast; quick; easy; simple; as soon as ...; the moment ...
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
walking; pace; step; course (of history, one's life, etc.); history; pitch (of a screw, etc.)
back lane; byway; back street; unfair means; dishonest means
officiating priest; presiding priest at a ceremony; religious teacher; highly-ranked priest; guru; instructor (yoga, etc.)
unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place
cliff; precipice; precipice; brink of a dangerous situation
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
society; public; community; social studies
to melt into; to dissolve into; to merge into; to blend into (surroundings); to fit in; to adapt to
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
one day; all day (long); the whole day; first day of the month
wicked person; evil person; bad child; naughty child; bad thing; mischief
to pile up; to stack up; to accumulate
little by little; bit by bit
when it comes to ...; as for ...
to walk about; to walk around; to conduct oneself; to act; to stop by (somewhere; esp. of a criminal on the run); to drop by
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
training; education; stocking up; laying in; preparation (e.g. ingredients); girl studying to become a geisha
in one's own way or style
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
the most; the best; the greatest; supreme; unrivalled; unsurpassed
vanguard; advance-guard point; advance detachment; vanguard; pioneer; avant-garde
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
assassin; candidate fielded by a political party to oust an incumbent of the same party
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
showy; loud; flashy; gaudy
to move around; to move about; to get around
company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
trap (for catching animals); snare; trap; trick; ruse
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
deceased; late; dead; departed
to drop by; to stop by; to drop in; to approach; to draw near; to come close (to)
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to be able (to); to be possible (to)
intelligence gathering; information gathering
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to experience (something unpleasant); to go through; to suffer