quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
other people's affairs; someone else's problem
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to jump in; to dive in; to fly in; to rush in; to dash in
complete change; about-face
ignition; lighting; firing; setting off
very serious matter; matter of very grave concern; momentous event
to create (a sensation); to cause (a commotion); to give rise to (controversy); to raise (a cloud of dust); to kick up (dust)
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
column; beam; girder; digit; decade; order of magnitude
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
inconsiderate; unkind; cruel; thoughtless; unthinking; mindless
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
reduction; curtailment; cut; cutback; scaling down; contraction
playing with fire; doing something dangerous; (fig.) playing with fire; playing around (with someone); flirting
torch (made of pine, bamboo, reed, etc.); flambeau; torchlight
every person; every mouth; every entrance
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
gradual (destruction); progressive (dismantlement)
overhasty; rash; premature
(and) many others; extras (in a film)
celebration; celebratory event; congratulatory gift; tip; gratuity
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
exceedingly; extremely; very many; indeed
to cry one's eyes out; to make one's eyes swollen from crying
it's been a long time; long time no see
the other day; lately; recently
net auction; Internet auction; online auction; web auction
small; little; slightly less than; just about; somewhat; somehow
scoundrel; rascal; villain
this world; this life; the free world (outside of prison, the army, red light district, etc.); this corrupt world; present world
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
than; rather than; instead of; from; since; except