to pick up; to gather; to find (and pick up; something someone has dropped); to select; to choose; to get (unexpectedly); to hit upon (luck, an opportunity, etc.)
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
original; unique (e.g. product); signature; exclusive
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
dull; uninteresting; boring; drab
to give a name (to something)
pain; agony; suffering; distress; torment
resistance (to heat, corrosion, etc.); tolerance (to a drug, pain, etc.); resistance (to drugs, pesticides, etc.)
god of death; death deity; Death; Grim Reaper
offensive strength; offensive power; striking power
falling far short (of); being far behind; being far inferior (to); being no match (for)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
advantage; point in favor; point in favour
to kill; to choke the life out of
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
killing by poisoning; killing with poison; poisoning (to death)
death by suffocation; death by choking
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
characteristic (of); peculiar (to); inherent (in); eigen-
making (a report, plan, contract, etc.); drawing up; writing out; preparing; creating (a file, website, account, etc.)
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
formulation; formularization; formularisation
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
trump; trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
to handle (men); to master (a tool); to manage; to acquire a command of (a language)
boss; leader; head; boss (difficult enemy, usu. at the end of a section or level)
to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
novel; story; (work of) fiction
to become good-looking; to start looking appropriate (for something)
a little; some; somewhat; amount; quantity; number
marking; grading; scoring
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to neglect; to be negligent in; to be neglectful of; to improve (of an illness); to get better
to lose sight of; to miss
order; directive; instructions; command
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)