close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
that country; (arch.) nirvana
kindness; intimacy; friendship
fight; battle; combat; struggle (for rights, higher wages, etc.); strife; (labor) dispute
cooperation; coordination; link
sorrow; grief; anguish; trouble; affliction; anxiety
small number; few; minority
interior; inside; internal
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
arbitration; conciliation; mediation
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
hostile; adversarial; antagonistic
interference in the domestic affairs of another country
conclusion; execution (of a contract); entering (into treaty); fastening (as in a joint)
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright
outside the country; abroad
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
one's whole heart; everything one feels
any more; any further; any better; any longer
parallel lines; remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement