manager; landlord; warden; root (user)
absence; disregard; indifference
without permission; without notice
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time); adds emphasis to preceding word
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
womb; uterus; parent body; base; basis
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
compound; composite; doubles (tennis, badminton, etc.); place bet (in horse racing, etc.); show bet
(public) peace; stability; tranquillity
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality
all talk; glib; insincere; empty; specious
combat readiness; battle readiness; fighting trim
gliding (through the air)
substitute for a proper greeting (e.g. gift)
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person); sympathy; mutual understanding
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to investigate; to consider; to plan; to pat; to rub; to take a sword in one's hand
metallic sound; metallic clank
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small
skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium
to disdain; to look down on; to make light of; to hold in contempt; to scorn; to despise
to bury the hatchet; to make up; to be reconciled; to be reunited (e.g. couple); to be reinstated
it's no joke; gimme a break!
joint; link; knot; tie-together point
to be completely changed (for the worse); to be transformed
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
direction of movement (motion); direction of travel (esp. train)
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze