nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
creator; inventor; developer
(musical) conductor; commander; leader; director
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
to take back; to recapture
outbreak (e.g. of war); outburst; sudden occurrence
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
preeminence; excellence; superiority; transcendence
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
an assortment; combination
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something; at the same time as speaking; as one speaks
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
solid body; three-dimensional object; multi-storey car park
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
disorder; disturbance; unrest
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
aperture; bore; calibre; caliber
to triumph; to be elated with success
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
to be smeared; to be covered
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
because; for; the reason why is ...
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
ignition; detonation; triggering; explosion
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
course; route; path; process; means