opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
again; once more; a second time
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
storm; tempest; uproar; hullabaloo; storm (e.g. of protest)