to grow restive; to begin to act violently
regular customer; general audience; general public
casualties; the killed and wounded
chorus; singing in a chorus
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
to shut in; to confine; to contain
excessively spacious; unduly wide; sprawling
inspection; examination; checking
because ...; for ...; the reason being ...; as for ...; when it comes to ...; regarding ...
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
pastime; hobby; favorite amusement; dissipation; debauchery; loose living
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
examiner; investigator; inquisitor; agent
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
to be duplicated; to be repeated; to overlap; to fall together (of dates, etc.); to repeat (a failed course, school year, etc.); to make a double play
germination; sprouting; budding
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
trivial; not amounting to much
(school) period; period or division of time; time limit
in its entirety; whole; wholly
don't let your guard down; carelessness is the great enemy; danger comes soonest when it is despised
opening performance; opening act; curtain raiser; minor performer; minor storyteller; subordinate part
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
unimpressive; unimpressed
finishing blow; coup de grâce
to be furious; to seethe with anger; to have one's blood boiling
to watch for an unguarded moment
to take offense; to take offence; to get angry; to lose one's temper
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to put an end to; to deliver the final blow; to be the best for A
to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)
utmost limits; extremity; limit
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
to do nothing but; to spend all one's time doing
to brush away; to sweep aside; to repel (e.g. enemy); to drive away; to rout
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery