passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage; passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing
to meet the requirements; to satisfy the conditions
to extend (e.g. a house); to add to (e.g. coals to a fire)
to be in luck's way; to get lucky
recovery; undoing; recall
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
existence or nonexistence; presence or absence; consent or refusal; yes or no
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country
such; like that; in that way
secret investigation; private enquiry; private inquiry; reconnaissance; scouting
appearance; presence; attendance; surrender (e.g. to the police); turning oneself in
new; fresh; new item (e.g. customer, regulation); newly created object; new customer
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
administration; government; administrator; governor
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
lifetime supply; lifetime's worth (of something)
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
smoothly; swimmingly; forthrightly; without hesitation
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
(the) executive; administration; leadership
to enter into diplomatic relations
stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard