major incident; major happening; big scandal
settlement (of affairs); remedial measures; cleaning up afterwards
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to come to an end; to close the curtain
testimony; (verbal) evidence
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
to accuse somebody; to charge someone
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
suddenly; all of a sudden
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
carriage; movement (of the body)
achievement; meritorious deed; distinguished service; contribution
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
unique; rare; exceptional; unparalleled; incomparable
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
to forfeit; to confiscate; to call out; to summon
recommendation (of a person for a position); nomination
first class; first rank; one degree; one level; most; best
to ring; to sound; to be popular; to be esteemed; to state; to insist
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
upper stream; upper course; upstream; upper classes
to be congenial; to agree with one; to be in one's nature
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
poisonous air; poisonous gas; poisonous ingredient; poisonous nature; malice; spite
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
wretched; miserable; shameful; mean; despicable; abject
ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
release; liberation; acquittal
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
oratorical talent; eloquence; clever tongue; glibness