the same kind; accomplice; partner
toast; congratulatory cup
quarrel; fight; trouble; dispute; friction; discord
degree; extent; (health) condition; state of health; adjustment; moderation; addition and subtraction
to strike dead; to beat to death
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to give one's heart to; to fall in love; to turn one's mind towards; to think of
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to sell off; to dispose of
recommendation; referral; endorsement
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
grip; having all the cards needed to form a scoring combination in one's hand
yesterday and today; only recently; just recently; only yesterday
to pile up; to heap up; to stir up; to enliven; to bring to a climax
(someone's) child; person with parents; other people's children; the Son of Man; Christ
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
merciless; ruthless; pitiless; unfeeling
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
gossip; corner of the mouth
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully
to throw at; to turn; to raise
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
using one's own judgement; making up one's own mind; judging for oneself
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
person with a bounty on their head
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
pressure; clamping; tightening; fastening
tolerant; generous; lenient; broad-minded; magnanimous
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
old tale; folk tale; legend; reminiscence
fabrication; made-up story; sham; hoax; put-up job; frame-up
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation (for the stage or screen); embellishment (of the facts); exaggeration; dramatization
fiction; made-up story; fable; fabrication; myth
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to sprout; to put forth buds
to weave together; to interweave; to intermingle
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to (forcibly) separate (a couple, family, etc.); to force apart; to tear apart
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
villain; baddie; the villain's part