arrest; apprehension; capture
wise; sagacious; intelligent; sensible
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend
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)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
to hang oneself; to strangle oneself
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself
absurd; foolish; stupid; silly; nonsense; ludicrous
systematic; organized; organizational
advantage; benefit; merit; good point; plus
to overcome (opposition); to push past; to force one's way; to press and cut
social status; social position; social standing
coexistence; living together; symbiosis; paragenesis
staunch; hardcore; dyed-in-the-wool; metal reinforcement
transactions; dealings; business
doctrine; rule; principle; -ism
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
agreement; accord; correspondence; union; unity; cooperation
to participate in (as a member); to get involved in
public opinion; popular voice; public sentiment; consensus
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
throat; important part; vital area
time; meter; beat; the moment (of doing); the instant
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
anger; rage; resentment; indignation; exasperation
passage (of time); elapsing; progress; development; transit
to deliver; to hand over; to transfer
for dear life; barely escaping alive
until now; still; yet; (not) yet; since
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to seal (e.g. a letter); to prevent (e.g. movement); to forbid; to block (e.g. speech)
execution (e.g. of a plan); carrying out; (putting into) practice; execution (of a program); run
approval; approbation; endorsement
complacency about peace; naive belief in continued peace; ignorance of global conflict