this week's issue (e.g. of a magazine)
worthless; insignificant; unimportant; poor; miserable; wretched
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
way of speaking; intimation
(one's) older brother; lad; sonny
flier; flyer; fryer; frier
low-altitude flying; having consistently poor results (grades, sales, etc.); barely scraping by; being on the verge of failing
beginning (of a book, magazine, etc.); opening page; beginning (of a matter); start
adultery; impropriety; (an) affair; immorality
black; black stone; guilt; guilty person
to love; to cherish; to admire; to appreciate
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
unable to do one's work; can't get anything done
all; everything; entirety; absolutely (not); (not) at all; (none) whatsoever
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to shout; to cry (out); to yell; to scream; to clamour
(political) power; authority; influence
to kneel (in respect); to genuflect
debut; doing something for the first time; starting anew; starting afresh
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
genealogy; lineage; family tree; pedigree
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
(piece of) rope; ordinary method
only; merely; nothing but; no more than
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
to talk (someone) down; to argue down; to silence; to put (someone) in their place; to corner in an argument; to get the better of
from here; from this place
black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty
to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen; to put something behind one; to forgive (something)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to displease; to offend; to hurt (a person's) feelings
to be sacked; to be dismissed