loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to flatter; to curry favor with; to curry favour with; to flirt with (woman with a man); to make eyes at (a man)
to subsist; to keep on living
bad person; villain; scoundrel; wrongdoer; wicked person
good person; virtuous person
together; at the same time; same; identical
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
pre-war days; before the war
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
to be conspicuous; to stand out
each and all; every single one; everybody
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
hard-liners; diehards; hawks
in unison; as one; united
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
advice; counsel; suggestion; tip; hint
in that manner; like that
sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
order; sequence; procedure
insincerity; dishonesty; untruthfulness; bad faith
declaration; proclamation; announcement
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
arrowhead; target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack); the very moment (when); the point (of doing)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
silence (not speaking); muteness
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest