plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to unfold; to unroll; to open
(political) power; authority; influence
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
one end; an end; part; fragment
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
almost; roughly; approximately
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
convenient; favorable; favourable; expedient; expedience
to drill; to bore; to hit the mark; to get to the heart of (the matter); (arch.) to put on; (arch.) to wear
to find resolution; to be settled; to be collected; to be assembled; to be well arranged; to be in order
slave trade; white-slave trade; human trafficking
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
to be helpful; to be useful
white; correction fluid; white-out
out (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); outside the line; out; putout; outer; external; exit
magnetism; magnetic force
to begin shooting; to shoot out
outside of; not covered by
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
change of tone; variation (music); irregularity; modulation (in radio)
sphere; circle; range; category
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
from out of nowhere; from who knows where
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
mountainous region; mountainous district; hilly district