poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
singularity; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; specificity
petrifaction; petrification; mineralization; mineralisation; lithification; fossilization
one's line of sight; one's gaze; one's eyes (looking); glance; gaze; look
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
naming; giving a name; designation; nominal
chimera (mythological); chimaera; chimera (biological); chimaera
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to claim victims; to leave casualties
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
every person; each one; everybody
ability; capability; skill
lesson; precept; teachings; moral
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
different opinion; objection
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
lowest seat; foot of the table; seat furthest from the seat of honour; lowest rank; bottom (e.g. of the class)
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
participation; joining; entry; adherence
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
standing facing each other (e.g. mountains, buildings); standing opposite each other; confrontation; squaring off against (adversaries, armies, forces); standing off against
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
advance guard; vanguard; avant-garde (e.g. music)
large number (of); many; majority
to hit (e.g. one's head); to strike; to throw (e.g. a ball, a question, a demand); to express; to vent (e.g. one's anger)
to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamor (for or against); to clamour (for or against)
far; distant; distant (past); remote (in time); distant (relationship or kinship); having little to do (with someone); far (from something else in quality, degree, etc.)
very great; enormous; serious
range (of a rifle, missile, etc.)
if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
to hit a nerve; to go for the throat; to touch a sore spot