(financial) settlement; squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
distinction; difference (between two things); sense of propriety; proper conduct (according to social or moral norms); accountability; taking clear responsibility (for a fault or failing)
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
at once; immediately; right now
to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate); to have foresight; to be able to see the future
to pile up; to make a heap; to lay (e.g. bricks); to acquire (e.g. experience); to build (a reputation)
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me