standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
offender; criminal; culprit
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
punishment without a legal trial; vigilantism
to throw down; to bring down; to kill; to defeat; to overthrow; to trip up
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to lead; to spearhead (a group); to command (troops)
creek; waterway (including irrigation or drainage canal)
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
lazy; idle; indolent; slothful
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); person of no worth; pisher; scrub
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
you could say; you might say; verging on the
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
head; chief; leader; the greatest of all; the most excellent
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to be preeminent; to be outstanding
to draw a line (between); to make a distinction (between); to distinguish (between)
(social) position; status
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up