smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
reality; actuality; hard fact
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to get along (with someone); to be like-minded; to be congenial
to make a mess; to perpetrate; to do; to finish up; to be guilty of
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
realm of the dead; the other world; underworld; hell
heresy; evil ways; sorcery; black magic; netherworld; world outside the six realms where evil spirits roam
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
tedious; boring; being fed up with
to order; to command; to appoint
to do someone in; to bump someone off
(doing) as one pleases; to one's heart's content; letting (something) go unchecked; leaving uncontrolled; leaving (something) to take its own course
regulation; adjustment; control
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
(talent) scout; recruiter; scouting; headhunting; Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts
the dark side; the seamy side
adaptation; accommodation; conformity
strong person; the strong; the powerful
to jump up; to spring up; to move around; to bounce up and down; to pound (of one's heart, e.g. with excitement); to throb
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
if that is the case; if it becomes so; when it becomes so
resentment; grudge; pent-up anger; frustration; bitterness
to be astonished; to be flabbergasted; to be startled; to be amazed
violent emotion; passion; fury
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
stratification; hierarchization; layering; tiering
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
good and evil; purity and impurity; voiced and unvoiced consonants
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
-smell; stinking of; smacking of; hinting of
sharp drop; plunge; nosedive; slump; (value or amount) plummeting
to bend; to warp; to yield; to be supple (e.g. bamboo, body); to be flexible; to be pliant
living thing; living creature; animal; life
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to endure; to keep out (e.g. rain); to pull through; to get over; to surpass; to outdo
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned