demotion; relegation; downgrading
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
drawing board; drafting board
control; check; restraint; inhibition
silence; stillness; quietness
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
brave; valiant; gallant; stirring; vigorous; rousing
astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
to enter; to trespass; to interfere; to meddle; to pry into
not in one's recollection; having no recollection (of); having no memory (of)
to rise; to raise up; to straighten up; to sit up; to stand up
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
vengeance; revenge; retaliation
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to run; to dash; to gallop (on horseback); to canter; (arch.) to advance (against one's enemy); (arch.) to charge (on horseback)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
to spoil; to break; to go bad; to go wrong; to fail
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
dim light; faint light; half-light of early morning; twilight
water outlet; tap; faucet
colon; eau de Cologne; colonist
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
notice; notification; permission; consent; rejection; refusal
skillful words; deceitful words; glibness
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
in the meanwhile; during the time
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
ambulance crew; ambulance squad; rescue squad
carelessness; inattention; thoughtlessness
to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of