to get twisted; to get crooked; to become twisted (of a mind, relationship, etc.); to become warped; to become troubled; to become complicated
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
(something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; good points and shortcomings
stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
absurd; unreasonable; extreme; senseless; disorderly; chaotic
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
convenience; user-friendliness
proper use; using (different things) for different purposes
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
secret information; intelligence
intelligence operative; spy
break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
interruption; interference; butting in
PS; postscript; appending; addition (esp. of data, information)
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
harm; injury; evil (influence)
exposing; unmasking; laying bare
every part of the world; all over the world; the four corners of the world
simultaneous; all at once
to finish reading; to read through
belief; faith; adherence; espousal
to hate each other; to hate mutually
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
surface of a board or record
secret; private; surreptitious
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
secret feud; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
granted that; even if; even though
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
though; even if; whether ... or ...
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give