to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
performance of one's official duties
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
to grow restive; to begin to act violently
tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); annulment; cancellation; reversal (of an original ruling)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
on the occasion of; at the time of
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
centre; center; pivot; central nervous system
to wake up; to awake; to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to come to one's senses
to chip off; to scrape off; to prune
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to entrust; to leave to a person
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
process; operation; stage of a process; progress of work
to act violently; to rage; to struggle; to be riotous
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
though; although; be that as it may; nonetheless
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes
production (e.g. play); direction
absolutely normal; perfectly commonplace; taken for granted
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
chance (of success); odds
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
little less than; slightly fewer than; just under; weakness; the weak
world; society; people; the public