payback; tit for tat; retaliation; doing over again; redoing
trio; gang of three; threesome
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
feeling good; feeling pleasant
busily; sedulously; laboriously; feverishly; fussily; worrying (about little things)
to be affectionate towards; to show tenderness towards; to treat tenderly; to love
to happen to have; to have on hand; to carry (e.g. money)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
throwaway; disposable; single-use
to hurt; to ache; to feel a pain; to be injured; to be spoiled (e.g. food); to be damaged
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
to grow; to cultivate; to let grow (e.g. weeds)
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to apologize; to apologise; to make an apology
to turn one's face; to turn around; to look over one's shoulder
urgent report; urgent message
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
disrespect; irreverence; impiety; blasphemy; profanity
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
thought; consideration; thinking
to change; to switch; to change over (to); to renew
row; line; group (of peers); ranks (of); sequence; series (taxonomic rank)
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
deep impression; being deeply moved; being deeply touched
one's post; one's position; one's station; one's round; one's beat; one's route
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to give one's life; to lay down one's life
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
postwar period; period after Second World War
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
trying to think of a way (to do); devising means (to do); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to shine; to glitter; to be bright