hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to grow up; to become an adult; to become big; to grow in size
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
hardening; vulcanization; hardening (of attitude, stance, etc.); stiffening; upturn (in the market); firming up
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
desperately; for one's dear life
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
either way; in any case; one way or another
then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
to entrust; to leave to a person
powerful person; influential person
accepting bribes; corruption; graft
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
(having) life-and-death power (over)
successive generations; successive emperors
to clasp; to grasp; to hold (the answer); to have (e.g. the solution); to seize (power); to hold (the reins)
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
under control (e.g. of territory)
doing as one pleases; having one's own way
self-management; self-imposed control
no!; no no!; no, not at all
to line up; to put in a row; to add (to a group); to accept (as a member of an organization, etc.); to link; to put together
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal
dignity; eminent; high ranking; high-order (digit, bit, etc.)
notification; pre-1886 administrative order
horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered