prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
meeting together; introduction; costarring; appearing together; being matched; facing off
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
colour; color; complexion; skin colour; look (on one's face); expression; appearance
measurement round the hips
brilliance; polish; lustre; luster; glossy finish (of photographs)
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
appeal; call for something; request; axiom
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
helper; supporter; second; foreign player (hired to strengthen a team)
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to build up one's strength; to get stronger; to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
to lead (a) life (usu. preceded by the type of life)
sense of impending crisis; sense of danger
huge; vast; enormous; swelling; expansion
regular customer; valued client
mediator; go-between; middleman; broker
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
donation; contribution; endowment
chapel; place of worship (esp. Christian); place of worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
circumstances; condition; to arrange; to manage; to lend money; to raise money
calm; composed; cool; quiet
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to go against; to fight against; to oppose; to resist; to deny
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
to change; to exchange; to convert; to renew; to throw a switch; to replace
to sink (e.g. a ship); to submerge; to lower (e.g. one's body into a chair); to floor (an opponent)
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
safe (e.g. choice); secure; innocuous; acceptable; passable; satisfactory
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
first; firstly; first of all; Introduction; Preface
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to walk noisily; to walk loudly