trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
to make a slip of the tongue; to say something inadvertently; to blurt out without thinking
plan; plot; idea; conception; vision; scheme
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
receiving in advance (e.g. wages, interest); taking before others; anticipation; being ahead of (e.g. the times); prefetch; anticipatory completion (i.e. finishing another's sentence)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
temporary personnel business; temporary personnel agency; temporary help business
change in the law; legal reform
temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
change of job; change of occupation; career change
regular employee; permanent employee; full-time employee
loop; band; loop (in a program); looping (of a video, slideshow, etc.); repeating (e.g. of a conversation); time loop (in fiction); temporal loop
difficult situation; adverse circumstances; predicament; trouble; dilemma; distress
immediate (effect, result, etc.); instant; instantaneous; prompt
every single word and phrase; word by word
affection; love; fondness; tenderness
craving; longing; thirsting
to shine brilliantly; to shine radiantly
look; glance; glimpse; one stone
gold nugget; gold bullion; gold bar; gold ingot
superb view; picturesque scenery
small hill; low hill; hillock
suits for gentlemen; menswear
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
inquiry; query; enquiry; query (of a database)
underworld; underside of society
cruelty; coldheartedness; relentless; ruthless
social meeting place; watering hole
to set about in earnest; to make a strenuous effort; to put one's back into (doing)
discovery (of a plot, misdeed, etc.); detection; exposure; disclosure
opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
to take to defending oneself above all; to save one's skin
to beg forgiveness; to ask for someone's pardon; to ask for permission
to make (someone) drink; to force to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
reward; recompense; return; punishment; retribution
determination; conviction
isolation; being alone; being friendless
strange; unfamiliar; mysterious; not knowing the true nature