cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
intangible; incorporeal; by force; outrageous; making light of; making fun of
to launch a surprise attack
regular time; stated period
to take a veneer off something
secret information; intelligence
man proposes, God disposes; (lit.) man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate)
internal trouble; domestic trouble
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
to take; to catch; to capture
to bend; to turn up; to turn down; to double
enormous; gargantuan; immense; ridiculously large
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
great laughter; burst of laughter
putting a plan into operation
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
(one's) identity; background; upbringing; (one's) character
going side-by-side; going abreast; running concurrently; occurring at the same time; keeping pace with
(parasitic) host; landlord; innkeeper
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper
leader of a charge; first to arrive
mercantile disposition; having a nose for profit; commercialism; mercenary spirit
to be extremely cautious; to be as sure as sure can be; to make assurance doubly sure
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
inattention; absent-mindedness
to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
the reverse; other side; lining
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to issue a manifesto; to appeal
spare (part, tire, etc.); spare (bowling); knocking down all pins on the second throw
itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
end; close; conclusion; termination
to have an audience (with); to have an interview (with); to meet; to see
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)