to talk about; to speak of; to recite; to chant; to indicate; to show
merger (of companies, towns, etc.); combination; union; amalgamation; consolidation; coalition
facilitator; programme director; steering committee (chair)
person given as a reference; witness; potential suspect; person of interest; witness
cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time
silence; keeping silent; giving no notice; giving no warning; wordless pantomime performed in the dark (in kabuki)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
scale; scope; plan; structure
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
until now; so far; up to the present
competent; suitable; qualified
the three character styles: square and semicursive and grass
fool; idiot; dotage; senility; touched in the head (from); out of it (from)
with a click; with a snap
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
with a friendly grin; smilingly
petty underling; small fry
annihilation; total destruction; complete destruction; crushing defeat
already; now; no longer; not any more
ruggedly; jaggedly; stiffly; choppy (e.g. graphics); lagged; clunky
vocal sound; tone of voice
to follow; to accompany; to cleave to; to join up with; to obey implicitly; to flatter
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
serious look (on one's face); straight face
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
overwhelming strength; extremely strong person; powerhouse; very strong player; very strong team
suddenly (appear, stick out); abruptly; unexpectedly; (stand) still and expressionless; imposingly
to bring near; to bring close; to let go near; to associate with; to bring (people) together; to let come near (of a person)
it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say
to grab at; to grasp at; to clutch at
blue; azure; green; green light (traffic); black (horse coat color); blue 5-point card; immature
(at) any time; always; at all times; whenever
to be able (to); to be possible (to)