management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
crime committed for fun; criminal who takes delight in people's reaction to his crimes
scheme; tactic; stratagem; trick
sincere; earnest; serious
to be too numerous; to be too much
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
close-cropped head; bald hill
inverted; upside down; reversed; back to front
big and brawny; well built; gigantic
breaking the front line; frontal breakthrough
stupid idiot; total moron
remaining; left-over; excess
to grow up; to become an adult
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
rude person; insolent person
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
under the command (of); under the banner (of); influenced (by)
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
boiling; seething; becoming heated (e.g. debate); excitement; soaring (prices); shooting up
(something) one does not really mean; insincere
arrogance; insolence; disrespect
strong pressure; heavy pressure
beginning; start; clue; lead; thread end
to sheathe one's sword; to lay down arms; to bury the hatchet
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
pilloried criminal exposed to public view; public scorn or humiliation; person shamed in front of others
small build; small stature; petite; small pattern
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat
condition; state (of health); appearance
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
to grow cold (from room temperature, e.g. in refrigerator); to get chilly; to cool down
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
ridiculously expensive; stupidly expensive