to dislocate one's back; to be unable to stand up due to fear or surprise
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
image; figure; figure; form; image
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
wild beast; wild animal; brute
sour look; surly face; pout
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
service; help; discount; discounted item; free service; freebie; service
head; chief; boss; leader
stoic; stoical; self-disciplined; abstemious; Stoic (philosopher)
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
friction; rubbing; chafing; discord; friction; strife
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
convening; calling together (e.g. parliament); call-up (for military service)
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
official announcement; proclamation
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to agree; to decide upon; to enter into (a contract)
appeal (e.g. to public opinion); plea; appeal (e.g. sex appeal); attractiveness; appeal (e.g. in baseball); emphasizing (strong points, etc.)
last resort; desperate measure taken under pressure of necessity
there's no other way; there are no other options; there are no alternative means
opening to the public (e.g. garden, etc.); read permission: anybody
free (of charge); gratuitous
script; screenplay; scenario
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
defense contractor; defence contractor; defense industry; defence industry
emergency demands; special procurement (particularly in time of war)
performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act