if that's the case ...; if so ...; that being the case ...
car; automobile; motorcar; motor vehicle; auto
eye; eyes; sight; vision; looking
one's younger brother; underling (e.g. in yakuza); junior male peer; sworn younger brother
intimacy; affection; familiarity
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
transport; transportation; conveyance; carriage
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
ordinary; average; run-of-the-mill
prospects of victory; chances of success
main force; chief object; mainline
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like
physical distribution; distribution of goods; logistics
to create a stir; to make waves; to raise a question about; to cause a sensation
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
fighting (against); taking on (an opponent); facing; confronting; competing (with); battle
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
shot; charge; blow; punch; home run; try
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
to aim at (for, to do, to become); to try for; to have an eye on; to go toward; to head for
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
to understand; to be convinced; to be satisfied
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to explain; to dispel doubts
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
U.S. forces; American military
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
worldwide; global; international; world-famous; world-class
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
to expose (to the sun, public, danger, etc.); to bleach; to refine; to rinse (vegetables); to soak; to doxx
program (e.g. theatre, theater); programme; (theatrical) piece; number; performance
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point