specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
to find out; to discover; to locate
anyhow; in any case; at any rate; at best; at most
decisive battle of brief duration
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to spend time (on doing something)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
servant; manservant; menial
one's own potential; real ability; one's own strength
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
offender; transgressor; violator
scum of the earth; monster; fiend
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
way; method; means; resource; course
(going) all in (in poker)
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
provocation; stirring up; arousal; excitement; stimulation
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
even if; (it doesn't matter) whether (A or B or ...); whatever; should
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
shadow; silhouette; reflection; image; ominous sign; light (stars, moon)
laws of nature; physical laws; physics
decisive blow; game-winning hit (e.g. in baseball)
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
to establish a lead; to distinguish (between); to ascertain or tell the difference (between); to discriminate