photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
interruption; suspension; break
had better ...; had better not ...
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to be silent; to say nothing
book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
lottery; tombola; drawing
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
ranking; toplist (e.g. of WWW sites)
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
(TV or radio) entertainer; television personality; talent; skill; talent (ancient unit of weight and currency)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to meet (e.g. of rivers, highways, etc.); to emerge and engage (an enemy)
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
champion of justice; knight in shining armor; crime avenger; hero; super hero
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
witness stand; witness box
to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
supervision; control; superintendence; director; superintendent; supervisor
producer (film, TV, etc.)
prefix for forming ordinal numbers