to speak badly (of); to speak ill (of); to bad-mouth
miserable; pitiful; tragic; painstaking
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
in the end; at the end of the day
independence of will or action; self-direction; autonomy; initiative; identity
joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
one-night stand; taking home a woman from a bar, club, etc.; takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway
colluding; complicity; liaison; compromise; giving in
master (of a house, shop, etc.); husband; sir; boss; patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
with a rosy future; offering promising prospects
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
exchange of courtesies (cordialities); fraternization; fraternisation
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
to quit (a shady business); to wash one's hands of; to cut one's ties with; to wash one's feet
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
straight talk; plain speaking; speaking frankly
worst; worst-case (scenario)
complete change; reform; restoration; remodeling; remodelling; renewal
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
establishment; founding; organization; organisation
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
leaving one's own house (e.g. when going to war); departure; setting out; starting a new life; starting life anew
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
to cause someone to worry
enlightenment; spiritual awakening; opening one's eyes to the truth; gaining eyesight; restoring eyesight; opening the eyes
just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to outwit; to get the better of; to overcome a superior opponent and leave him speechless
to reign supreme; to assume the leadership (hegemony); to dominate
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)