goal (in soccer, hockey, etc.); basket (in basketball); finish line; finishing line; reaching the finish line; finishing (a race)
to collude (with); to conspire (with); to make friends with; to get along well with; to become intimate (with opposite sex); to establish a secret liaison (with)
hostility; animosity; enmity
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to concern; to be related
one by one; in detail; minutely
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
intention; wish; purpose; mind (to do)
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
misdeed; wrongdoing; wickedness
to take into account; to bear in mind; to consider; to learn from; to take as a lesson
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
one cause; one reason; one factor
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
fight fire with fire; set a thief to catch a thief; fight one evil with another
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
to decapitate; to take (someone's) head off; to depose; to topple
to sell; to betray; to sell out (one's friend, country, etc.); to make (oneself) known; to establish (a reputation) for oneself; to pick (a fight, quarrel, etc.)
to come to know; to perceive; to realize; to realise; to become aware (of)
blind acceptance; blind belief; credulity
to end; to be finished; to die; to perish; to do utterly; to do completely
counter; counting device; (service) counter (at a bank, store, etc.); counter (at a bar, cafe, etc.); bar; counter-attack (in soccer); counter
to run around; to bustle about
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
to find; to discover; to come across; to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to cancel; to withdraw; to retract; to take back (words, etc.); to revoke
transactions; dealings; business
extraordinary; preposterous; outrageous; absurd
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
to be suspicious of (someone's motives); to suspect (that)
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to head out (for); to head (to); to go (to); to leave (for)
soon; shortly; before long
stubbornly; firmly; determinedly; obstinately; resolutely; adamantly
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
entreaty; appeal; petition
to detain; to check; to restrain; to stop
in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se