strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
to have rumors going around (rumours); to have rumors spread
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
influence; clout; leverage
to spread rumors; to spread rumours
dodgy dealings; monkey business
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
plan; scheme; intention; project; design
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
among these; between these; of these; in here; in this
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to pull in (fish); to land
dim witted; bird-brained; dullard
sharpshooting; shooting; sniping; setting a goal and carrying it out
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
way (of doing); manner; method; means
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
(your) daughter; young woman
feeling one gets from listening to something
to smoke (a cigarette); to behave as ...; to accelerate; to rev up
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)
to begin talking; to open up
to master (a skill); proprietor; manager; leader; chief; master (of arts, science, etc.); master (recording)
to trap (into a difficult situation); to put (in a fix); to capture (a castle, fortress, etc.); to take; to drop (something) into
strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
agglutination; adhesion; deadlock; stalemate; standstill
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
to think of; to come up with