to loiter; to hang around; to wander around; to prowl; to roam
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
ignoring; bypassing; doing something without consultation; going over someone's head
teacher; instructor; teaching staff; faculty member
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
exactly right!; indeed; damn straight
change; alternation; rotation; replacement; substitution; shift
to knock (someone) down; to floor; to beat up; to deal a devastating blow (from which one cannot recover); to devastate (emotionally); to crush
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
influence; power; might; influence (of stones)
sharing one's lot with another; being in the same boat
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
at work; in the midst of work; working
to lock (a door, etc.); to lock up
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
daytime; during the day; time from sunrise until sunset; diurnal period
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
Department of Justice (US); Ministry of Justice (1871-1948)
writing; entry (e.g. to a form); posting (e.g. to a blog)
bureaucratic routine; red tape
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
message; report; handing over (to a successor); transfer
at that time; in those days
prime minister; chancellor (Germany, Austria, etc.); premier
hindrance; obstacle; impediment; annoyance (to others); offence; harm
human resources; man-power resources
drying up; running dry; running out; being exhausted; being drained
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
armed forces; military; troops
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
the opposite direction; the other way
depiction; description; portrayal
appropriate; suitable; fitting; apt; proper; right
naked eye; the physical eye