trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
idea; plan; fancy; impulse; thought; whim
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
fair; just and upright; open and honest; aboveboard; honourable
long slits (esp. of eyes)
to be nervous; to be sensitive; to worry; to be fussy; to be precise
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
thanks (for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it; tiredness; fatigue
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
to be opposite; to face each other
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
as if nothing had happened
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
because; for; the reason why is ...
to disclose; to divulge; to expose; to open (a grave); to dig out
to fold one's arms; to link arms with someone
to break the silence; to break one's silence
national ownership; state ownership; government ownership
universal medicine; cure-all; panacea
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
above all else; more than anything
the heat is off; things calm down; the excitement dies down
freezing; cold storage; refrigeration
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
witnessing; observing; sighting
to swing one's arms greatly while walking; to act freely; to be brazen
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
curiosity; rare item; rarity; rare opportunity which could be beneficial
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
gift; boon; (good) result; fruit (e.g. of one's efforts)
a certain somebody; you-know-who
secret understanding; collusion