imitation; counterfeit; fake; sham; ersatz (object)
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock
power; might; authority; influence
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
seal (used in lieu of a signature); stamp; chop
hard or crushing blow; severe attack
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
vicissitudes; ups and downs
one's just deserts; one's just desserts; one's just reward; what one deserves; comeuppance
old friend; old acquaintance
to relax; to make oneself comfortable
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth)
gurgling down; being sucked into; caving in suddenly
maximum preference; maximum priority; priority handling
to carry (something) under cover; to carry concealed
to happen suddenly; to take place unexpectedly
ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat
looking; viewing; (please) try (to)
one by one; each; every; at intervals of
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to throw out; to fire; to expel; to give up; to abandon; to neglect
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
setting off (on a trip); departure
mountain climbing; mountaineering
to be prolonged; to drag on
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to put into written form; to communicate or express by writing; to chronicle
louse (esp. a sucking louse); lice
sukiyaki; thin slices of beef, cooked with various vegetables in a table-top cast-iron pan