to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
process; procedure; sequence; protocol; instruction
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
most difficult; next to impossible
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
right arm; right-hand man; right hand; right-handed pitcher
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
fault; defect; flaw; failure (in an examination); failing grade
uprooting; pulling up (a plant) by the roots; eradicating; rooting out; all (destroyed, stolen, etc.); completely
dysfunction; malfunction; insufficiency
cooperation; collaboration; association; community; communal use; common possession
to reject; to repulse; to repel; to bounce back; to counterattack; to strike back
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
rising; ascending; climbing
difference; discrepancy; variation
to launch oneself upon; to make one's debut
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
namely; that is (to say); in other words
collision; crash; impact; clash; skirmish; conflict
smiling; beaming; radiant; bright; cheerful
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
tomfoolery; monkey business
does not seem; unlikely; improbable