decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
secret passage; underground passage; loophole; hole one can go through; opening
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
immediately; right away; at once; instantly
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
bribe; sweetener; douceur
faithful; devoted; loyal; honest; true
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
to rely on; to depend on; to count on; to turn to (for help)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
safe; secure; certainly; surely; no thanks; I'm good
to turn back (e.g. half-way); to return; to go back; to recover (e.g. something lost); to be returned; to rebound
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
main force; chief object; mainline
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
small number; few; minority
companion; fellow; group; company; member of the same category (family, class)
to issue a manifesto; to appeal
although I say; although one might say; although called
site; point on a map; spot
one place; (all in) the same place; one spot; one location; one part; one passage
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works
various places; several sources
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to lose an easy game; to suffer an unexpected defeat; to lose information
to be prolonged; to drag on
manners; behavior; behaviour
mudslinging contest; mudslinging match
inexperienced; unfamiliar (with); unversed; lacking experience
to push on; to plunge forward; to push one's way to
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
not necessarily; not entirely; not altogether
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
it is not (like that) either