to speak frankly; to put things bluntly
priority; order of precedence
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
meeting; rendezvous; meeting for the first time; coming across; confluence
perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
to squeeze out; to wring out
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
script; libretto; scenario
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
offstage; backstage; behind the scenes
back (of a chair); backrest
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
to complain; to make a complaint
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
that is not supposed to ...; that ought not to ...; that should never ...; that cannot possibly ...
killing a would-be avenger; having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game
we are of equal status in this regard; we are in the same boat; the same to you; the feeling is mutual
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
ace; ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
chair; seat; stool; post; position; seat
to turn on; to switch on; to light up
to reseat oneself; to correct one's posture
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
returning alive; surviving; reaching the home plate
that's enough!; cut it out!; get a life!