whispering into a person's ear
to ruin oneself; to degrade oneself
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")
processing; dealing with; treatment; disposition; disposal
demotion; relegation; downgrading
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
letter; note; epistle; correspondence
pursuer; pursuing party; posse
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
portion; part; snapshot; glimpse
ultimate weapon; one's final trump card
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
spoils of war; booty; war trophy; something one managed to obtain or buy (at a bargain sale, merchandise stall, etc.); purchases; prizes (at an arcade, etc.)
to be used up; to be run out; to be exhausted; to be consumed; to come to an end
megalopolis; megacity; supercity
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to swing
root (of a plant); stump (of a tree); root (of a problem, etc.); base
straight; directly; voyage; journey; straight road
heat; hot air; enthusiasm; excitement; fever
to look up (at); to look up to; to respect; to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to depend on
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
reception room; parlor; parlour
circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to kill (with a weapon); to defeat an opponent; to get someone out; to arrest; to take prisoner
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to look on enviously while doing nothing; (lit.) to hold a finger in one's mouth
to be perturbed; to be agitated
spreading around (news, rumor, etc.); making widely known; making public; publicizing; proclaiming
to act hastily in pursuit of glory; to hasten after success; to be too eager to succeed
falsehood; untruth; lie; fallacy (logic)
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to discharge (e.g. effluent)
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
cup (drinking vessel, measure, brassiere, prize, etc.)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking