management; (executive) staff; leaders; leadership; top brass; upper echelons
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to set off to advantage; to bring into prominence; to support; to favor; to rouse (spirits); to march (a prisoner) off
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
putting together (e.g. opinions); gathering; collecting; aggregating; summarizing; integrating
ball; sphere; bead (of sweat, dew, etc.); drop; ball (in sports); pitch (e.g. in baseball); pile (of noodles, etc.)
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
thief; robber; burglar; bandit
to steal; to rob; to take away
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
founder of a religious sect
backing (for a position); giving support to; helping (someone) to a position
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
to be relieved; to feel relieved
to be forestalled; to fall behind; to be one step behind
to disentangle; to untangle; to break up into pieces; to pick apart; to relieve; to ease
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
reconciliation; making up (with); making peace (with); being friends again; patching up a quarrel
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
vortex; maelstrom; whirlpool; (in the middle of a) scandal; controversy; quarrel
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
free time; spare time; idle moment
to slip down; to slide down; to glide down
pleasant feeling; good feeling
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
practice; training; drill; (an) exercise; workout
strength in one's arms; physical strength; muscular strength; force; violence
behavior; behaviour; manner; attitude; bearing
alumnus (alumnae); graduate; former member of an organization; former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)