new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
starting up (e.g. business, computer)
to get angry; to take offense; to take offence; to be furious
self-satisfied look; triumphant expression
one large ...; a great ...
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
compromise; mutual concessions; give-and-take
shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); passing the buck
to roll around laughing; to fold up; to hold one's sides with laughter
sense of humour (humor); funny bone
a glance; a look; a glimpse
don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
continuously; from beginning to end; from first to last
raised leg; lifting a leg; (arch.) sitting cross-legged
negligence; neglect; carelessness; procrastination
to side with (someone); to support (someone)
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
rights and interests (esp. those a country holds abroad)
restriction; restraint; limitation; limit
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
not going (well); not proceeding (as one wishes); bad; not good; hopeless; beyond hope
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine
trivial; not amounting to much
small fish; small fry; (a) nobody; small fry; noob; weak player
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
god; deity; god-tier; incredible; (arch.) Emperor (of Japan); (arch.) thunder
coercion; extortion; compulsion; force
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgement
joyful (news, event, etc.); joyous; delightful (e.g. result); pleasing (e.g. sight); gratifying; welcome
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around