background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
to chase; to run after; to pursue
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
national defence; national defense
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to perceive; to sense; to understand; to comprehend; to attain enlightenment
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
Not a word to anyone; Mum's the word
to escape from; to get out
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
guarantee of safety; ensuring safety
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
hostile nature; inimical character
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
splash; spray; chance blow; by-blow; getting dragged into (a quarrel, etc.)
dangerous; in danger; facing imminent danger; precarious (situation); perilous (state, balance, etc.); in doubt
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
in advance; beforehand; previously
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
to practice magic; to practise magic
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
to be betrayed; to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time
one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
delivery; handing over; turning over; extradition
something heard for the first time; hearing something for the first time
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
inspection; reading; perusal; browsing (the web)
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
contrary to one's expectations
gate; branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master; division; phylum; counter for cannons
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
head; lead; vanguard; first