erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
telling others; divulging (a secret); revealing; disclosing; letting out
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
going backward; turning back; backtracking; regression; retrogression; relapse
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
pushing; support; backing; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
charming; fascinating; attractive
quickly; briefly; rashly; carelessly; (flowing) in trickles
to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered
messy; shabby; scruffy; dirty; squalid; sordid
soldier; combatant; warrior
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
alluring words; endearing words; sugared words; sweet words; honeyed words; flattery
good; goodness; right; virtue
murder; homicide; manslaughter
proper; respectable; decent; (arch.) entirely; (arch.) completely; (arch.) wholly
house of parliament (congress, diet, etc.); graduate school; postgraduate school; institution (often medical); institutional building; sub-temple; minor temple building
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement
worker; (manual) laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
there being no use in arguing (about it); not up for discussion
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
the same; the said; likewise
murder; killing; murderer
ethics; ethical viewpoint; moral value; sense of duty; sense of ethics
slope; inclination; tendency; trend; slope (of a linear function)
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
5th day of the month; five days
to wish someone good luck; to wish someone success
unreasonable request; asking for something unreasonable
with a crack; with a cracking sound; with one's veins about to burst (from pent-up anger)
to write out; to make a fair copy; to rewrite
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
achievements; actual results; accomplishments; past results; track record
to beat down prices; to strike a hard bargain