abstention; nonparticipation
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to inflict; to impose (a fine, etc.)
disadvantage; handicap; unfavorable position
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
wiping out; sweeping away; eradicating; dispelling
topic of discussion; agenda
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
comprehensive; composite; all-embracing
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
evident; plain; distinct; clear
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
to write out; to express; to describe; to publish
victory; triumph; conquest; success; win
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
guess; conjecture; surmise
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
at the same time; concurrently; simultaneously; coinciding (with)
nagging; critical; talkative; gossipy
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to say no more; to sink into silence
to compare (something) to; to liken; to speak figuratively; to use a simile; to use a metaphor
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
disorder; chaos; confusion; mayhem
piece; fragment; one (object)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to shorten; to narrow; to close; to shrink