such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances
process; course; mechanism
to correct; to touch up; to smarten up; to put one's hand in (e.g. pocket)
remembering; recollection; recall; to remember; to recall; to recollect
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
conductor's stick; conductor's baton
minuscule amount; extremely small quantity
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
bad move (in chess, shogi, etc.)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
button (clothing); push-button
to be torn off; to come off; to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds
faint hopes; dim prospects; little hope; unlikely (to be successful)
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
barefaced (e.g. lie); shameless; transparent; pure white; very clear
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
curiosity; inquisitiveness
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
bottom of one's heart; depths of one's mind; innermost thoughts; from the bottom of one's heart; wholeheartedly; truly
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ...
to stop (plug) one's ears
bereaved family; surviving family; family of the deceased
imagination; supposition; virtual; potential (enemy)
indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church); excuse; justification; rationalization
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
to be sad; to mourn for; to regret
death; decease; (arch.) death penalty (by strangulation or decapitation); (an) out
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
so what!; who gives a damn?
retribution; retributive justice; karma; just deserts; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
to receive punishment; to be punished; to pay a penalty