direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
to want; to wish for; to request; to demand; to seek; to search for
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
to resemble; to look like; to be like; to be alike; to be similar; to take after
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear; wanting to sink into the ground in shame
(fictional) character; character; personality; persona
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to rebound; to recoil; to splash; to have a repercussion; to have a reciprocal effect
now that it's come to this; since it's come to this
judgment; judgement; divination; judgement
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
state of mind; mentality; psychology
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
to open one's mouth (to talk); to (start to) tell
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to lose (money, etc.); to waste one's (time, etc.); to have one's efforts come to naught
to feel like it; to get to think that way; to become so minded
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
perfect; perfection; perfect game
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
index finger; forefinger; second toe