meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
antipathy; antagonism; animosity; revulsion; ill feeling
time; labour; payment (for labour); pay; tedious job; troublesome job
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
wicked tongue; sharp tongue; abusive language
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
sharp (words); harsh (manner, tone, etc.); hostile (mood, attitude, etc.); spiky; prickly; jagged
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
to be at a loss for words
to be useful; to be helpful; to serve the purpose
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
the number of people; many people; a large number of people
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
beyond that point; after that
denial; negation; negation; NOT operation
troublesome; annoying; complicated
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
to the extent possible; as much as possible; as far as possible; whenever possible; wherever possible; if (at all) possible
in that respect; on that point; in that regard
equal; identical; the same; no different (from); just like; equivalent
to restrict; to limit; to be restricted to; to be limited to; to be best (for); to be the best plan