confronting the enemy; hostilities
pacification work (activity)
to sing; to chirp; to twitter
prediction; prejudgment; presupposition; foregone conclusion
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
doubting; distrustful; incredulous; suspicious
general public; the masses
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
self-torture; masochism; inflicting damage to oneself
(maintain, observe) social (public) order
exorbitant; outrageous; ridiculous; absurd; excessive; inordinate
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
disease; ailment; illness
mediator; go-between; middleman
negotiator; bargainer; point man
to smooth; to harmonize; to facilitate; to streamline
basis; foundation; core; criterion; standard
for generations; hereditary; generation after generation
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
rough (behaviour, temperament, etc.); wild; rude; violent
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
leading person; foremost figure
complete devotion (to); total commitment (to); unvarying support (for); unwavering fixation (on); rigid preoccupation (with)
quarrel; feud; wrangling; snarling (at each other)
one mountain; pile (of something); heap; hump; worst part; large profit
mixing; blending; adding; adulteration