person in charge (including a supervisory role for other staff); person responsible for ...; responsible party; supervisor; manager
race; tribe; species; genus; stellar population (i.e. population I, II and III)
bridge building; mediation; go-between; intermediary; (through the) good offices (of someone)
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
serious; earnest; honest; real; legit
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
exemption; exoneration; discharge
samadhi (state of intense concentration achieved through meditation); being immersed in; being absorbed in; prone to; apt to
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
custom; convention; tradition; mores; conventional practice
(after) bouncing around from one place to the next
nominal; in name only; titular
to pity; to feel sympathy for; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to commiserate with; to have mercy on
without an occupation; unemployed; jobless
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
to intervene; to stop (something)
participation in a war; going to war; taking part in a competition or contest
presentation; exhibit; suggest; citation
abstention; nonparticipation
battle royal (pro wrestling); battle royale (game genre)
to starve; to be famished; to be hungry; to be starved of (e.g. love); to be thirsty for (e.g. knowledge); to be hungry for
to dry up completely; to become stale
God only knows; it's anyone's call; heaven knows
whichever one chooses; either way
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
degeneration; retrogression
putting off (doing); postponement; delaying
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
utensil; implement; tool; instrument; appliance; apparatus
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
after a short time; in a short while; a short time later
charcoal; charred remains
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to burst open; to pop; to split
quietly; softly; seriously; solemnly; sadly