black with hints of blue (as in a bruise); bluish black
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
withdrawal (e.g. from an organization); secession; leaving; pulling out
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
diversion (from e.g. one's worries); distraction
to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy
to behave violently; to commit violence; to use force
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
(social) position; status
to complain; to make a complaint
to butter up; to try to get on the good side of
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
young; youthful; immature; green; low (number); small
to long for; to yearn after; to admire; to be attracted by
the big two...; two major...; two main...
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
sinner; evildoer; wrongdoer
exit (from a stage); exeunt; leaving; exit
willpower; energy; vitality
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
minimum; at the very least
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to discern (e.g. right from wrong); to discriminate; to distinguish; to know (manners, one's place, etc.); to understand; to bear in mind
good-quality; superior in quality
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
to take over; to hand over
sentimental; mushy; sugary; saccharine; sickly-sweet
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton
the front (of a battlefield); forefront
to step back; to move back; to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to resign; to retire