decapitation; beheading; firings; dismissals; small samurai sword used for decapitation
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)
inferiority (e.g. numerical); inferior position; disadvantage; unfavorable situation; unfavourable situation
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
flame; blaze; fire; attack; aggression
surrounding at a distance
(not) a single person; (no) one
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
to represent; to signify; to reveal; to show; to express; to make widely known
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
under the orders of; by order (command)
arrest; apprehension; capture
conclusion; end; completion; summing up; supervision
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together; to bring to a conclusion; to wrap up
stern; grave; austere; strict (e.g. security); severe; firm
drama; theatre; theater; play
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
to face the wrong way; to go in the wrong direction
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward