post; official position; managerial position; executive position
harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
rate; ratio; percentage; commission; poundage; percentage
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
calm before the storm; lull before the storm
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation (to one's fate); acceptance; observation and contemplation
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
once; one time; temporarily; for a moment; one degree; one tone
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
promise; agreement; appointment; engagement; convention; rule
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides (with); supporting; standing by
no side (rugby); full time; end of game; post-fight mutual praise; reconciling
trembling voice; quavering voice
no sooner ... than ...; hardly ... when ...; as soon as ...
palm; open hand; playing on equal terms; lack of handicap
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing
to be worth it; to pay; to be profitable
spreading one's legs wide apart; straddle; long stride; big steps; thigh-scooping body drop
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
(place) near by; (place) close by; (place) right next to; as soon as; right after
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)
to put one's palms together (e.g. when praying or asking for something); to place one's hands together; to compete against someone; to play (a game, match, etc.) against someone
conversion (to a different religion, denomination, etc.); change (of ideology, interest, taste, etc.); switch
predation; eating prey; preying upon
outside the scope (of); exempt (from); ineligible (for); not covered (by)
to become clouded; to darken; to darken (of a face); to worsen; to deteriorate
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to put in order; to tidy up; to settle (a matter); to solve; to finish; to get through
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
adult; mature; grown-up; sexy; erotic
senior high school student
to say; to be pleased to say
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
thrust; charge; digging into (a matter); depth; straight man (of a comedy duo); quip; gibe
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to disappear; to vanish; (arch.) to die
most favorite; in high favor