courteous; decorous; polite
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
information; news; information (data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.); informatics (as a subject)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
politics of fear; terrorism; reign of terror (esp. in the French revolution)
to spread out (e.g. a futon); to lay out; to lay down (e.g. a cushion); to impose widely (e.g. martial law); to promulgate; to pin down; to hold down
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
(balance) scales; carrying pole; shoulder pole; thread take-up lever (on a sewing machine); spreader bar
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
obvious (e.g. of a lie); transparent
genuine article; real thing; real deal
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
person; character; one's character; one's personality; able person; talented person
the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it
out of bounds; beyond the pale
to mistake (A for B); to misread
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
composition; construction; formation; makeup; structure; organization
in spite of; despite; although; nonetheless; nevertheless; but
wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor (splendour); (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power; luxury
to save; to leave over; to spare
high and low; rise and fall
difference; variation; difference
to glitter; to sparkle; to twinkle; to glisten; to gleam; to glint
youthful; young; young-looking
romantic; spicy; coquettish
to have two things (at the same time) (e.g. good and bad points); to also have something (in addition to something else)
spy; secret agent; spying
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court