to quieten down; to fall silent; to cease activities; to become inactive; to lie low
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
smuggling; contraband trade
most part; greater part; majority
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality
frank; candid; straightforward; openhearted; direct; outspoken
to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
undulation; ups and downs; highs and lows
unidentifiable; unidentified
rich (in flavor, color, smell, etc.); thick; very likely; highly possible; passionate; hot
considerably; not a little; in no small numbers
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
imprudence; oversight; omission; mistake
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
true state; actual condition; reality
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
self-restraint; voluntary restraint; self-imposed control; self-discipline
exceptional; praiseworthy; laudable
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
pleasant feeling; good feeling