gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
easily (reach, exceed, etc.); comfortably; amply; fully; well over
final scene; the end; finale
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
sleep-talking; nonsense; gibberish
ear cleaning; cleaning one's ears
falling asleep; going to sleep
to enclose; to impound; to cut off; to corral
to interrupt; to obstruct (a view, someone's way, etc.); to block (light, wind, etc.); to intercept; to cut off
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
to be content; to have enough; to be happy; to be sufficient; to be satisfied
word game; wordplay; playing with words
spirit; drive; vigour; ambition; aspiration
badness; evilness; bad; evil
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
much less; to say nothing of
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
sieve; sifter; screen; screening (jobs, candidates, etc.)
garden shrubs; trees; potted plant
estrangement; alienation; disaffection
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
to put one's strength into
tackle (e.g. rugby); fishing tackle
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
condition; situation; prospects
pointing down; pointing downward; (market) decline; downturn; downward trend
to gouge; to hollow out; to greatly perturb; to cause emotional pain; to get to the bottom of things; to relentlessly bring the truth to light
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to cure; to heal; to fix; to correct; to do over again; to replace
function; facility; faculty; feature
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business
to destroy; to overthrow; to wreck; to ruin
hateful; detestable; loathsome
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
to turn against; to become an enemy