to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
percussion hammer; firing hammer; cocking piece
next; secondly; subsequently
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
grip (of hand); grip strength
one of two (possibilities, alternatives, etc.)
directly opposite; right in front
to undergo great hardships; to waste away from great effort and worry
right to know; right to access information
demountable; dismountable
to give an order; to place an order; to have made to order
equipping; installing; fitting; mounting; putting on
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
no chance of; no way that; certainly not; will never happen
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
myself; oneself; (arch.) I; (arch.) me; (arch.) you (referring to one's inferior)
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
to be flexible; to be accommodating
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
to catch sight of; to see; to suppose; to assume from appearances
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
independent action; acting alone
to reward; to recompense; to repay; to retaliate; to get revenge
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
device; equipment; machinery; apparatus
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
unperceived; unnoticed; unnoted; out-of-the-way; out of sight; inconspicuous
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising