skilled; skillful; skilful; competent; capable; good
to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
cold-hearted; callous; unfeeling; insentient (objects); insensate; inanimate
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
underestimation; undervaluation
to follow (someone) around; to cling (to); to dog; to hound; to harry; to pursue
to make a mistake (in); to commit an error; to be wrong; to be incorrect; to mislead; to misguide
to put out; to extinguish
to be reduced to ashes; to be cremated
to remove; to get rid of; to exclude; to except; to kill (a traitor, opponent, etc.)
to induce (someone to do something); to tempt; to act toward (someone in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
to speak words (of); to speak (to); to say (something); to say some (kind, comforting, etc.) words
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable
to fall into ruin; to become dilapidated; to become run-down; to become desolate; to be badly neglected
cruel; merciless; atrocious; pitiful; tragic; horrible
to rise (of smoke, steam, etc.); to go up
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to be sacked; to be fired; to be dismissed; to be beheaded
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
right on the heels of yesterday; only yesterday
hardness and softness; hard line and moderate line
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
meddling; fumbling; fondling; playing around with something
to hammer out the details; to work out details
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic