stipulation; prescription; provision; regulation; rule
insurance payout; insurance money
restoration; repair; mending
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
unprofitable business operation
duration; continuance; survival; persistence; retention
true state; actual condition; reality
bogus company; dummy corporation; shell company
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
stupor; stupefaction; trance; (being) dumbfounded
real condition; actual circumstances; actual state of affairs
other party; opposite party; opposing team; one's opponent; one's adversary
to conspire; to act in collusion; to be hand-in-glove
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
artificial; man-made; imitation; synthetic
to misperceive visually; to misread; to mistake for something or somebody else
certificate (usually of proof of something); credentials
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
smuggling; contraband trade
corresponding to; being applicable to; being relevant to; coming under; falling under; fulfilling (requirements)
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
maintenance; servicing; putting in place; establishment; development
(young) person subsisting on part-time work; person whose livelihood is provided by part-time work
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
drug; medicine; (illegal) drug; narcotics
addict; junkie; substance abuser
to demand money; to pester; to extort
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam