(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
to be lazy; to be slack; to feel dull; to feel languid; to feel listless
thinking (about a matter) for a long time; contemplating for a long time; lengthy consideration; pondering
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
ominous; sinister; unlucky; inauspicious
to make a blunder; to bungle; to mess up; to make a foolish mistake
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
no matter for; without regard to; whatever the ...
disagreeable; unpleasant; nasty; detestable; sarcastic; snide
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
to take a backseat (to someone); to fall behind (someone); to be at a disadvantage; to be in a weak position; (lit.) to stand downwind
transfer (of authority, power, etc.); delegation; devolution
just one person; only one
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
popularity; favour; defense; defence; agreement; receiver of technique (e.g. in martial arts)
to cause; to induce; to bring about; to pull upright; to help up (e.g. a fallen person)
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
to be overproduced; to be incredibly good (e.g. for a child); to go much better than expected; to be too good to be true (of a story, etc.)
even assuming that ...; even granted that ...
loss (of assets, profit, etc.)
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to); to become earnest
tediously (explain, complain, etc.); repeatedly; persistently; insistently; ad nauseam; at great length
this and that; one thing or another
side (esp. of a waterbody); edge; bank; shore
sitting feel (of a seat); seating comfort
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
cannot be helped; unavoidable
alteration; falsification; faking
to pass (the night); to spend; to reveal; to divulge; to prove; to verify
methodical; precise; meticulous; wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
nuisance money; money paid to make up for inconvenience caused