manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)
underworld; underside of society
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
endless; boundless; innumerable; endless; never-ending; going on forever
to lose one's way; to get lost
back street; back alley; off-street
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
previous conviction; criminal record; previous offense; previous offence
rehabilitation; remaking one's life; rebirth; regeneration; coming back to life; revival
waste; scrap; garbage; scum; piece of trash; loser
pleasant feeling; pleasant sensation; pleasure
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
police officer; policeman; constable
heaven and earth; top and bottom
contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features
one end; an end; part; fragment
war; fighting; fierce competition
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting)
interest; appeal; attraction; fun
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
(wild) yak (Bos mutus); (domestic) yak (Bos grunniens)
person inside a cartoon body suit; voice actor; insider
thought experiment; gedankenexperiment
to think constantly about; to dwell on
introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry); story composition and development
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
forgetting; lapse of memory
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
general mobilization; general mobilisation
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means