to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)
rejection; expulsion; boycott; ostracism
to need; to demand; to take; to require
little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept secret place; hole-in-the-wall
intimacy; affection; familiarity
rocky area; rocky tract; rocky stretch (of a climb); wall (of rock)
talkative; loose-lipped; persiflage; frivolous talk
to strike (each other); to come to blows; to fight (each other); to speak (to each other)
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
fierce look; frightening look; tough look; aggressive attitude; coercive attitude; taking a hard line
one end; an end; part; fragment
trio; gang of three; threesome
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
to throw one's weight around; to exercise one's authority; to make one's presence felt
tagged (esp. with a price); notorious; infamous; double-dyed
reason; logic; sense; natural way of things
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
poor; needy; lacking (quantity and quality-wise); poor; scanty
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
moral way of life; correct path; moral principles
furious facial expression
coat; tunic; jacket; outer garment
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
to carve; to engrave; to sculpt; to tattoo
fleeting life; this transient world; sad world; world of grief and worry; the world of the living; this life
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
closely (packed, lined up, etc.); tightly; densely; (work) sufficiently
to go to ruin; to go under; to fall; to be destroyed; to die out; to become extinct
peerless; unequaled; unequalled