to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate
doubtful; questionable; uncertain; disputable; suspicious
calamity; disaster; accident
hateful; detestable; loathsome
to collect; to gather; to compile; to arrange; to settle
intellectual class; educated class; intelligentsia
to make symbolic signs (gestures) with the fingers
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
bill; bill of sale; tab (for later payment); credit; contact move (in go); direct attack to an enemy stone; sound effect produced by striking with clappers a wooden board in kabuki
headgear; headdress; (novelty) mask; head mask
half the body; half length
having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
scion; cion; (horticultural) graft; opportunity to continue a conversation
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
defeating an argument; winning an argument; refutation; confutation
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
what; how; what (a) ...!; how ...!; surprisingly; to my amazement
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to press a question; to cross-examine
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
to spit out; to eject; to dump
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
important person; strategic person; key figure
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
cancellation; withdrawal; abolition; revocation; cancel; CAN
situation; outlook; one's allegiance; affiliation; position