this world; this life; this generation; present day
fixed form; regular shape; standard-size mail
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
standard; set; routine; decided
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
abruptly (rising); slowly (rising); plump; rotund
selling by measure; selling by weight; selling by volume
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
traveling patent-medicine salesman; medicine peddler
calculation; counting; (dealing with) figures; cardinality
life or death; existence; destiny
outlining (e.g. font); hollowing out; getting rid of the middleman; dealing directly; skinning the cat (gymnastics); passing business to a subcontractor and collecting a kickback
to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned
to beat to death; to club to death; to kill
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
to fly about; to flutter about; to flit about; to fly past each other
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
hot-blooded; hot-headed; temperamental; impulsive
to intervene; to stop (something)
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
most part; greater part; majority
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
reason; reasoning power; (one's) sense
to cut and divide; to cut up; to cut into pieces; to distinguish (e.g. facets of a problem); to isolate
uncouth person; disgusting fellow; nuisance; outcast; bore
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to throw at; to fling at; to hurl at; to hurl (abuse, insults, etc.) at; to use (rough language) with (someone)
to suppress one's emotions
to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean
to bluff; to act brave; to put on a bold front
letting (someone) die without helping
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
beyond that point; after that
state of things; state of affairs; situation; conditions; circumstances
adversary; opposition; hostile forces