survival after defeat; decline (of a person, business, etc.); ruin
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
failure; collapse; breakdown; break-up; bankruptcy
good; goodness; right; virtue
to deem acceptable; to approve of; to value; to consider a good thing
one's own strength or effort; (by) oneself
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
decisive defeat; rout; thrashing; losing big
you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
to begin to fall (rain, etc.)
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to nail; to knock; to bang (e.g. one's head); to throw (e.g. a rock); to fling
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
territory; domain; dominion; possession; sphere of action
deviation; departure; omission
leak (of information); leakage (of electricity)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking
good-for-nothing; worthless
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
so what!; who gives a damn?
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up