arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
commencing with; including
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
contradiction; inconsistency
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
abandoning (hope, plans); giving up
to become entangled; to become complicated; to get mixed up; to screw up; to get caught up in
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
this is why; this means; it is the case that
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to beat; to attack (an enemy); to do away with; to finish off
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
to be able to manage somehow or another
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
great wealth; enormous fortune
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy
to scream; to whine; to grumble; to complain
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
fully armed; armed to the teeth
to lose consciousness; to faint; to black out
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue