to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
phase (e.g. wave, electricity, moon); topology; register
close friend; bosom friend; buddy; crony; chum
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
man; male; fellow; guy; male lover; boyfriend
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
ghost; revenant; spirit (of the dead); departed soul
serious wound; serious injury
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
one may well say so, but ...; even more than
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
stain; blot; flaw; disgrace
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
world; society; people; the public
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
be (that) as it may; having said that
crossing swords; competing against; contending with; fighting against
(some) more; even more; longer; further
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
premeditated murder; deliberate murder; willful murder; wilful murder
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
government service; the bureaucracy
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly