deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
soon; in a moment; nearby; close; direct; spot transaction
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
to have a limit; to go too far (e.g. joke)
release (e.g. information); disclosure (legal); show; indication; display
to go to; to proceed to; to leave for
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
impression; strong belief; conviction
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
way (of doing); manner; method; means
underhanded; unfair; makeshift; stopgap
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
to be dampened (of the mood, interest, etc.); to be spoiled (e.g. of the atmosphere); to become subdued; to turn white; to fade (to white); to grow light (at dawn)
to couch (a sword); to look at cynically or ironically; (arch.) to stand ready (to do); (arch.) to adopt a formal attitude
to examine; to check; to inspect
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
absolute beginner; complete amateur
large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
limitation; prescription of the right to prosecute an accused; statute of limitation
all (there is); as long as there is
eye discharge; eye mucus; sleep
nasal discharge; nasal mucus; snot; booger; bogey
to degenerate; to lapse into
deliberately; intentionally; on purpose; purposely
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
here and there; in places
conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system)
(together) with; -wide; including
assembling a criminal case
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend