moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
to convey; to report; to transmit; to communicate; to tell; to impart
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to aim for; to strive for
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
any moment now; any minute now; as soon as possible; right away
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to stop talking; to be silent
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
battlefield; battleground
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to have a (rough) idea (of what the situation is)
one's future; one's fate; one's way; one's path