of bad omen; ill augur; boding evil; bad fortune
conquest; subjugation; overcoming; chastisement; punishment; punitive expedition
counter for birds or rabbits
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
obedient; submissive; tame; slavish
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
establishing; founding; setting up; organizing; establishment
reserves (esp. troops); reserve army; potential members of some group (e.g. the elderly); people at risk (e.g. of a medical condition); wannabees
to be far apart (from); to be a long way off (from); to be remote; to be very different (from); to be quite unlike; to be far from (e.g. the truth)
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
existence; being; life; survival
reserve; spare; preparation; preliminaries
trees and stones; unfeeling person
very mean (sneaky); extremely unsportsmanlike
conference room; council room
oldest; most advanced age
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
(advance) notice; preliminary announcement; warning; trailer (for a film, TV show, etc.)
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
abandonment; renouncement; renunciation; resignation; abdication; surrender
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)
dismissal of class (at the end of the day); recess (at school); break
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul