surgery; surgical procedure
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
friendship; friendly relations; fellowship
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
affidavit; deposition; testimony
selfish; self-indulgent; arbitrary
accelerator (pedal); gas pedal
to compete with; to vie for
unforeseen; unexpected; sudden; accidental
to survive a life-threatening situation; to be out of danger
weathering; fading (of memories); efflorescence
the body; the flesh; the outer man; one's physique
cold (attitude); indifferent; unsympathetic; aloof
disastrous; tragic; miserable; wretched; pitiful; woeful
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
reading too much into things
to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of
vast; boundless; vague; obscure
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
the whole area; the entire region; all parts (of); the whole field (of study); every field; the whole gamut
suddenly; all of a sudden; unexpectedly
to burn completely; to consume (by fire); to burn to nothing; to burn to the ground; to reduce to ashes
festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy
to become an expert; to be a master (of)
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
destruction by fire; losing in a fire; being burnt down
military service; combat experience
ball; ball (pitch delivered outside the strike zone); board (cardboard, pasteboard, etc.)
wearing oneself out with work
empress dowager; queen mother
princess; Her Royal Highness
rebirth; new birth; nascent
order; sequence; procedure
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
unprepared; careless; imprudent; indiscreet
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat; home page (of a website)
die all together; go to the grave together