clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed); location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra; difficulties (in a love relationship); crunch time (esp. for cartoonists)
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
staff member; employee; worker; personnel
beehive; hive; something full of holes; (fig.) Swiss cheese; honeycomb tripe; wall of a cow's second stomach
final; eventual; ultimate
police officer; policeman; constable
weird; strange; mysterious
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
influential person; man of importance
band (e.g. conduction, valence); belt (e.g. Van-Allen, asteroid, etc.)
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
tendency; trend; inclination
mortal enemy; sworn enemy; nemesis
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
reason of being; raison d'être; meaning of one's existence
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; letting out stress; letting out feelings
to tame (e.g. animal); to domesticate
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
desire for revenge; vengeful thought
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
sense of helplessness; feeling of powerlessness
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation
powerful army; strengthening of the military