to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
gossip; government OSI procurement; GOSIP
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
glaring; flaming; fiery; blazing
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
to devour; to bite to death
to introduce oneself; to announce oneself (e.g. as the person sought); to come forward (e.g. as a witness, with a claim, etc.)
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to consider as; to regard (as equivalent); to deem (as); to equate
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
to overdo; to go too far; to go to excess
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
meanwhile; in the meantime
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
with shoes on; rudely; thoughtlessly
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
incident; affair; happening; event
to fall onto; to happen; to befall
underground website (often critical or containing unofficial information)
bulletin board; display board; notice board; electronic bulletin board; BBS
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
human relations; personal relationships
to have a talk; to tell a story
simultaneously; all at once; in unison
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
going up in flames; destruction by fire (esp. of a large building); stirring up a storm of criticism online (of an article, tweet, statement, etc.); becoming the target of an Internet pitchfork mob
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
to play (games, sports); to enjoy oneself; to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.); to be idle; to do nothing; to meet up (with friends); to hang out
way of talking; speaking style
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward