(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
at present; currently; so far; for now; for the time being
glance; glimpse; cursory view
to breathe while sleeping
deep (colour); dark; strong (flavour, smell, etc.); thick (consistency); dense; strong (possibility, etc.)
to be open (to traffic); to lead to; to flow (liquid, current); to pass; to be understood; to be comprehended; to be honored
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration
immediately; right away; at once; easily; readily
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
tough; strong; stiff; tenacious
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
root; source; origin; cause
to darken one's face; to assume a gloomy look
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
decoration; ornament; trimmings
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
tune; tone; vein; mood; condition; state of health
to replace; to substitute; to shift; to change places
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to attempt; to test; to try out
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
study; research; investigation
as (X, then Y); with; in accordance with; in proportion to
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
to slaughter; to massacre; to butcher; to defeat soundly; to overpower; to vanquish