irrational (line of) argument
to bring; to take; to bring about
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice
count; counting; count of balls and strikes; count (after a knock-down in boxing); count (of radioactivity)
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
use; exercise (of one's right, authority, power, etc.)
identification; background check; identity confirmation
misrecognition; mistaking (x for y)
to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
to put on airs; to assume importance
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
to hack; to chop (firewood, meat, etc.); to chop off (e.g. a head)
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
professional killer; hit man
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
cartoon; comic; comic strip; manga
to become empty; to be emptied
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pile (of noodles, etc.); bullet
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
declaration of death; pronouncing someone to be dead
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
often; frequently; lightly (of a movement); easily; simply
three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)
format; procedure; way of proceeding
dull (e.g. of movement or reaction); sluggish
(preliminary) skirmish; prelude; preliminary encounter; warm-up match (e.g. before a final)
crying from vexation; tears of regret
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off