wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
comprehension; consent; understanding; OK; roger
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
smuggling oneself into a country; illegal immigration
present stage; current phase; current rank; present grade
rough-and-ready; knocked-up; hasty; slipshod; slapdash
to value; to prize; to esteem; to respect; to honour; to honor
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
performance (as opposed to practice); going before an audience or on-air; game; match; high of the season; height (of summer, etc.)
underestimation; undervaluation
ability to take action; ability to take initiatives; energy; dynamism; drive
gift; boon; godsend; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
to stand aside; to step to the side; to move aside
at once; immediately; right now
last night; yesterday evening
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
control; check; restraint; inhibition
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
near one's knee; (by) one's side; (at) one's hand; place under the protection (of one's parents, etc.); (under) the care (of); territory of a powerful person
well, ...; right, ...; so; then; that way (would mean ...); if that is the case
to give someone a surprise; to catch off guard and fluster; to frustrate (e.g. someone's plans); to give someone a blow; to scare the hell out of
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort
to prepare oneself (for the worst); to resolve oneself
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to win; to achieve; to gain; to obtain; to secure
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
restraint; restriction; control; check
ground; earth's surface; land; lot; plot