people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity
self-deprecating; self-mocking
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
stance; attitude; standpoint; stance; posture
community; circles; kingdom; erathem; field (electrical); border
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
profit; gains; benefit; advantage; grace (of God, Buddha, etc.) (esp. as attained through rightful actions, prayer, adherence to one's faith, etc.); blessing
to meet; to assemble; to congregate
league; federation; union; alliance
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
(emotional) backbone; support; backbone (of a network)
to get; to obtain; to come by; to find
ambition; aspiration; sinister designs; treachery
ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist
breach of trust; malfeasance; malpractice; misappropriation
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
secret information; intelligence
counterintelligence; counterespionage
dirty work; unpleasant task
full-course dinner; multicourse meal
hearer; listener; audience; interviewer; questioner
in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
career; carrier (disease, signal, warship, etc.); carrier; telephone company; career government employee
power; authority; jurisdiction
indicate reason; infers some protest
stimulating; exciting; provocative
foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury
flour; meal; powder; dust
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes