(n,vs) (1) affair
state
incident
issue
matter
(2) verdict
sentence
(3) directions
orders
command
instructions
(4) notice
information
communication
news
message
tidings
update
(n,vs) (natural) selection
weeding out
(n) (imperial) words
(n) news
letter
(n) (imperial) words
(n,vs) current rumour
current rumor
gossip
(idle) talk
(n) sexual selection
(n) secret government business
(n,vs) going public
creating publicity
recourse to litigation
(n) silence
neglect to write
neglect to call
(n) not writing or contacting for a while
neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.)
long silence
(n,vs) not writing or contacting for a while
neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.)
long silence
(n) a matter for the police
with the police involved
a brush with the law
(n) kin selection
(n) beginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)
(n,vs) not writing or contacting for a while
neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.)
long silence
(P)
(n) law suit
litigation
(n) (obsc) sexual selection
(n,vs) natural selection
(n) social selection
(n,vs) current rumour
current rumor
gossip
(idle) talk
(n) love affair
(n) artificial selection (in biology)
(n) personnel reduction
(n) bloodshed
(n,vs) reorganize an enterprise and weed out redundant workers
reorganize an industry and weed out redudant enterprises
(n) (committing, resorting to) an act of violence
(n) bloodshed
bloody event
(n) resorting (coming) to fisticuffs
coming to blows
(n) stupidity
absurdity
presumption
impertinence
