what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
bad guy; villain; evildoer; scoundrel
back; rear; background; backdrop; backing; support; going backwards
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
scoundrel; rascal; villain
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
popular person; favorite; favourite
obstacle; impediment; disability; handicap; steeplechase; obstacle race
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
police; police officer; police station; self-appointed enforcer (of a rule, standard, etc.); busybody
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
being resented (by someone one holds resentment towards); responding to kindness with resentment; thinking ill of someone who meant to be kind; unjustified resentment; unreasonable grudge
danger past and God forgotten; once on shore, we pray no more; (lit.) once it's past the throat, one forgets the heat (of the swallowed object)
within eyeshot; within sight; in view
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
intelligence gathering; information gathering
return; restoring; return (in tennis, etc.); return (key); return; profit
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving unattended; neglecting; abandoning
evil deed; wrongdoing; crime; misfortune; calamity
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
near oneself; close to one; familiar
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
ceasing to think; refusing to think critically; giving up thinking (for oneself); going blank; mental block; inability to think clearly
returning tit for tat; retaliating
mental image; mental picture; image
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
stability; steadiness; consistency; stable
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for