awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
news (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
thick voice; husky voice; guttural voice; voice with a thick accent
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
heroic; fierce; grand; sublime; magnificent
interferer; meddler; buttinsky
strategy meeting; council of war
haughty; arrogant; supercilious
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
fib; exaggeration (of the truth); snow job
point in common; common feature
these guys; these fellows
money-making; commercialized; commercialised
mark (for quick identification or recognition); sign; landmark; guide; (arch.) trademark
to swallow; to gulp down; to understand; to grasp; to engulf; to swallow up
still; even now; to this day
organization; organisation; structure; construction; system (e.g. railroad, transport, party, etc.); tissue; texture (of a rock)
direct connection; direct link
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence; pretense; (a customer) coming to restaurant, ryokan, etc. without a reservation or introduction
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
sting operation; undercover investigation
of uncertain meaning; ambiguous; cryptic; nonsensical; incomprehensible; perplexing
to discuss; to talk together
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
to memorize; to memorise; to learn; to pick up; to feel; to think
while; even though; despite
to push (something) against
to paint over; to paint out; to fill in; to cover completely (with paint)
surprise; astonishment; wonder; amazement