operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
crash; smash; crunch; bang; breaking sound
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
I see; that's right; indeed
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
mincing; chopping finely; short and repeated (movements) (e.g. trembling, stepping quickly); gradual; bit by bit
rival; opponent; revenge; (arch.) spouse
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
towards; against; regarding; in contrast with
unpleasant feelings (e.g. hatred, disgust, revulsion, fear)
alternate; alternating; mutual; reciprocal
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
to squeeze out; to wring out
a long time ago; in those days
home town; birthplace; native place; (arch.) ruins; (arch.) historic remains
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
political measures; policy
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
forcefulness of speech; influential voice