cooperation; collaboration
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to abandon; to give up on; to desert
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
prospects of victory; chances of success
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
opposition; rivalry; competition; antagonism
here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
to that extent; to that degree; so much; so
zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
after a long time; for the first time in a while
sympathy; compassion; pity
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set; to expect; to hope for; to resolve (to do); to decide upon
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
now that; since; so long as; because
halfway-done; mediocre; uncertain; half-heartedly; insufficiently
determination; resolution
national politics; political situation; statecraft; body politic
to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into
personal affairs; private matter; personal secret; privacy
having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor)
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
place; room; margin; scope
to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
to call for somebody; to come for someone; to pick someone up
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
detour; circumvention; turning movement
your will; your pleasure; your wish; certainly; as you say; you are quite right
place; point; part; counter for places, parts, passages, etc.
difference; distinction; discrepancy; mistake; error