illegal; illicit; unlawful
acquisition; obtaining; procurement; getting (hold of)
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
I; me; you; (arch.) manservant
mix; mixture; (pre-made) mix; cake mix; mixed; mixed doubles team
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
to be at a loss for words
to coil around; to follow about; to be related to; to concern; to be associated with
to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply
thoughtless; reckless; ordinary; usual; excessive; indiscriminate
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; respectable
(for something) to have occurred; to have done (something); (for something) to happen on occasion
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
indeed; really; truly; very much
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
idle gossip; foolish talk; yarn
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
unavoidable; inevitable; inescapable; hopeless; beyond help
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
(social) position; status; standing; position (in a company, organization, etc.); post; rank
incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion; being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength
to explain away (a mistake, failure, etc.); to make excuses for; to gloss over; to talk one's way out of
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to deceive; to cheat; to falsify; to misrepresent; to evade (a question, taxes, etc.); to dodge
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
hazy; misty; foggy; hazy feeling; uncertain feeling; feeling gloomy
one's impressions after reading a book
beginning; opening; start; outset
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
house search (e.g. by the police)
witnessing; observing; sighting
testimony; (verbal) evidence
exit; way out; outlet; vent
to begin to write; to begin writing; to begin to draw; to begin drawing; to begin painting
summarization; summary; generalization; review (by labour or political movements of past activities, results, etc.)