gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
truancy; school non-attendance
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
product; produce; result; fruit
person of paramount authority; supreme wielder of power
extermination; annihilation
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
connivance; tacit consent; toleration; acquiescence
railroad; railway; rail transport
followers; subordinates; being under someone's command
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
Sirs; Mesdames; around (the time that, etc.); about
to be tired of; to be sick of; to get fed up with
hell on earth; living hell
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
to shuffle (on one's bottom or knees); to crawl; to shift position (of an object)
if so; in that case; in that situation
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)
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
to go underground; to go into hiding
an eye for people; the ability to judge character
to dig up; to expose; to disclose
intelligence operative; spy
fashion sense; sense of fashion
to find fault (with); to cavil (at); to carp (about); to throw a wet blanket (on); to throw cold water (on); to jinx
bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
periodic inspection; regular inspection
orders; instructions; directive; command
heaps of corpses all around