positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
follow; following (on social media, esp. Twitter); follow-up; following up; backing-up; covering for; follow-up shot
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
civil affairs; civil case
(police) detective; criminal matter
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
authenticity; credibility
regarding highly; attaching importance to
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
drawn-out (protracted) war or contest
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
probity check; background investigation
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
choices; alternatives; options
elbowroom; leeway; room; reserve; margin; allowance
going straight on; going straight ahead
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
green light (traffic); green light; go-ahead signal; permission to go ahead (with something)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
at once; immediately; right now
joining a company; getting a job with a company; entering a company
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to go bar-hopping; to go on a pub crawl
recently; lately; these days; nearest; closest
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
such; this sort of; like this