to side with (someone); to support (someone)
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
please (give me); please (do for me)
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
lightly (floating, drifting, etc.); buoyantly; soft; fluffy; unsteadily; flightily
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
each time; every time; whenever (something happens); on the occasion of
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to discuss; to talk together
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
to rush on; to attack; to swoop down on
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
atrocious; fiendish; brutal; villainous
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
to tear off; to strip; to rob
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
victim; injured party; sufferer
lead; leading; lead (of a newspaper, etc.); lede; lead (wire); lead (e.g. dog); leash
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
memory; sense; experience
to push aside; to brush aside
to teach; to instruct; to tell; to inform; to preach
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to be perturbed; to be agitated
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
question; inquiry; enquiry
gradually; steadily; slowly; little by little; step by step; by degrees
judgment; judgement; discernment
to become blunt; to grow dull; to become less capable; to weaken; to falter
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)