to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
indication; sign; hint; tone (of the market)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
during a telephone call; busy line
to drag along; to take (a suspect to the police); to drag (someone) away
trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
hostility; animosity; enmity
to distance oneself (from); to keep (something or someone) at a distance; to maintain a distance (from)
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
well; properly; best regards; please remember me; just like ...; as though one were ...
to entrust (e.g. a task) to another; to leave to; to passively leave to someone else's facilities; to leave to take its natural course; to continue (something) in a natural fashion (without particular aim); to rely fully on one's (full strength, great ability, long time taken) to get something done
machine; mechanism; instrument; appliance; apparatus
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
foundation; basis; bedrock; substrate (circuit board)
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
slowly; inefficiently; tardily; dawdling
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
duty; function; office; mission; task
to brace oneself; to focus one's energies; to focus one's mind
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
possession; dependency; territory; dominion
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
capture; seizure; military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
on the occasion of; at the time of
gathering (esp. troops); getting together; mustering
mobilization; mobilisation
(one) matter; (one) item; (one) case
to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign
omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
appeal; call for something; request; axiom