to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
foolishness; stupidity; silliness
to squeeze out; to wring out
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
pitiful; pathetic; painful (to look at)
to push; to thrust; to press (down); to push (e.g. a button); to stamp (e.g. one's name); to affix (a seal); to affix (e.g. gold leaf)
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or someone else
to plan; to attempt; to plot; to conspire; to deceive; to trick
mistaking one person for another; (case of) mistaken identity
to bewilder; to perplex; to puzzle; to tempt; to seduce
hint; suggestion; clue; suggestion
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly; to believe entirely
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
bubble; foam; froth; suds; lather; head (on beer)
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
roots of grass; grassroots (e.g. of a political party); rank and file; places hidden from sight
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
needle; pin; hook; stinger; thorn; hand (e.g. clock, etc.); pointer
blowgun; blowpipe; (blowgun) dart
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
to manipulate (someone); to make (someone) dance to one's tune; to lead astray; to make (someone) dance; to let dance
scheming; planning; maneuvering; manoeuvring; plotting
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to (hit and) crush; to smash; to squash; to defeat soundly; to crush (an opponent, hopes, etc.)
memory; sense; experience
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to leave something as it is
last days; the end; one's fate
to roll about; to writhe about
I'm sorry; my apologies; excuse me; pardon me