to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that
murder; homicide; manslaughter
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
something like ...; something called ...
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
here; this place; this point; here; these past ... (e.g. three years); these last ...
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
matter for the police; brush with the law
also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise
to become; to get; to result in; to turn out; to consist of; to be composed of; to be completed
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
in order to; for the purpose of; must; should
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
which (of three or more); well; now; c'mon
brute force approach (esp. in a video game)
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. of a joke)
this world; this life; world of the living
existence; being; presence
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
to commit a crime; to commit a sin
society; public; community; social studies
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
under the orders of; by order (command)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to remove; to take off; to drop (e.g. from a team); to remove (from a position); to leave (e.g. one's seat); to go away from; to dodge (a question, blow, etc.)
to step forward; to take a step forward; to start on a project, etc.; to take the first step with
one's body; one's person; oneself; one's appearance; one's place (in society, etc.); one's position
just as; right after; in the act of; as soon as; at that moment
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
tension; strain; tensions (between countries, groups, etc.); tonus; muscle tone
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to expose (a secret); to disclose; to take apart; to take to pieces; to kill; to do away with