scoundrel; rascal; villain
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
interest; rights; concession
dominion; territory; possession
racial discrimination; racism
ugly; unattractive; unsightly; unseemly
to knock (ideas) against each other; to present competing ideas; to have a lively exchange of ideas; to smash together; to crash into each other; to throw at each other
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
solution; solution strategy
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
breeding; multiplication; increase; propagation; reproduction
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
irrational (line of) argument
to warm up to; to get interested in; to get excited by
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
fruit; nut; berry; fruits; profit
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
to feel a chill run down one's spine
(it won't be possible) on such short notice
branches and leaves; foliage; unimportant details; nonessentials; side issue
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
intelligence; intellect; brains
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
reaching; attaining; arrival
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
preparing to flee; being ready to run away
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
useless; worthless; absurd; baloney
thanks; gratitude; manners; etiquette; bow; reward
East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)