water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
tea (esp. green or barley); tea break; teatime; tea ceremony
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
distant look; faraway look
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
additional order; adding to an existing order
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
hearsay; learning by hearsay
preface; introduction; preamble
skill; expertise; experience; proficiency; mastery; dexterity
assumption (of office); taking up (a post); inauguration; installation
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
table; chart; list; memorial to an emperor
large sum (of money); large amount; large denomination (banknote, etc.)
please; kindly; by all means; certainly; here you are; to give
payment in advance; advance payment; prepayment
hotel charge; lodging expense
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
to pluck off (esp. by twisting); to pick; to break off; to wrest (away from); to wrench free; to snatch (away)
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
complete; whole; perfect; safe
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
not a word to anyone; keep it secret; mum's the word
punishment; penalty; penal regulations; penal provisions; penal code
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
even more; still more; one layer; lowest floor (of a building); rather; sooner
to lower one's voice; to speak with a hushed voice
direct control; direct supervision
spy; secret agent; spying
reaction; response; physical reaction (to a stimulus); observable response (of an organism); reaction; effect