clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
extermination; annihilation
ordinary citizen; the general public
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
learning by ear; memory of having heard something before
relationship; connection; involvement; entanglement; implication (e.g. in a crime)
deviation; departure; omission
dark side (of nature, town, etc.)
capital punishment; death penalty; maximum penalty; ultimate punishment
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
breakdown; failure; damage; hurt; objection; protest
ring; circle; hoop; wheel; circle (e.g. of friends)
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
serious; severe; grave; acute
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
to get angry; to lose one's temper
dirt; filth; stain; blot; spot
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
being startled, surprised or afraid; panic; trepidation
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
again (and again); once again; yet again
patching (clothing); darning; cobbling together (other people's writings, thoughts, etc.); gathering
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
to go down in history; to remain in history
capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); defeating (an opponent); attacking (a problem) strategically
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
fort; stronghold; fortification
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")