intensification; aggravation
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
getting (something); obtaining; scoring (goal, point, etc.)
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
promptly; quickly; without delay; before others; first
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
criterion (criteria) for selection
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
basis for decision; evidence for judging
the same; the said; likewise
knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending
it is not possible (to, that); there is no such thing as
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to pitch in and help; to give someone a hand
strong spirit; mettle; backbone; guts; fighting spirit
worst; worst-case (scenario)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
job; work; duties; trade; skill
nice; likeable; desirable
ingenuity; resourcefulness
practice; putting into practice; implementation; praxis (philosophy)
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
rare; uncommon; not often seen
to weigh on one's mind; to trouble one's heart; to be concerned about; to worry about
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh
humanity; empathy; kindness; human nature; common sense; customs and manners
goodness; excellence; virtue
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
urgent; pressing; immediate; urgently; promptly; at once
to bring back; to restore
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to flirt with
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate