to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
according to plan; as planned
you could say that; that might be so
plan; scheme; stratagem; trick; trap; plot
(great mental) resources; quick brain; resourcefulness; good wits
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
temporary; transitory; short-lived
sprouting; budding; young shoot; moe; fascination; infatuation (esp. towards anime and manga characters)
occupying; having (an area) all to oneself; military occupation; possession; capture
relatedness; associativity; relation; relationship; relevance
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
secret language; jargon; cant; argot; slang
civil war; insurrection; rebellion; domestic conflict
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
to succeed; to bear fruit
it's better to; it's best to; it's safest to; you can't go wrong with; it doesn't hurt (to be young, beautiful, have money, etc.)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; a ... in the making; future (lawyer, doctor, etc.); beginning
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
to strangle; to constrict
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
drop (candy); drop (fall); curve ball with a vertical drop; dropping (an unplayable ball); dropping (mouse gesture)
indispensable; essential; requisite; required; compulsory; necessary
art; technique; means; way; stratagem; artifice
amendment; correction; revision; modification; alteration; retouching
barrier; checkpoint; checking station
shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
close; intimate; on good terms
to bring in; to take in; to approach (someone) with (a proposal, offer, problem, etc.); to bring; to bring (to another stage); to take (e.g. to court, to extra time, to a play-off)
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
welcome; (warm) reception
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to talk of one's dreams (esp. unrealistic, far-fetched ones); to dream out loud
organs of the state; machinery of the state