to backfire; to have a harmful result
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
dirty work; unpleasant task
decision; determination; resolution
to take (trouble); to attend (to business); to command (army)
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
difference; discrepancy; variation
continuation; continuance; going on; resuming
not busy; unengaged; being free; leisure
to get used to; to get familiar with; to get skillful (in doing); to become proficient
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
to harm; to hurt; to fail to do; to do amiss; to almost do; to come close to doing
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
behaviour; behavior; conduct
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
group action; collective behavior; collective behaviour; acting as a group
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
aid; help; assistance; assistant; counselor; counsellor
call; summons; convening; convocation
to breathe out; to exhale
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
to take part in; to be a party to; to side with; to support; to agree with
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to brave a danger; to take a risk
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
long ago; a long time ago; already
dwelling; house; residence; address
to boast; to brag; to exaggerate
irritability; feeling of impatience; sense of uneasiness
relatively quickly (esp. actions); quite suddenly (esp. wind, rain, etc.)
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness