to have (someone) by the short hairs; to have something on (someone)
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
recognition; awareness; perception; understanding; knowledge; cognition
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
use; utilization; utilisation; application
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
power harassment; harassment, e.g. in the workplace, from a position of power; bullying
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
one's true feelings and one's official stance (which may be at odds); one's real motive and one's stated reason
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
(a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke); remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
removal (e.g. of a building); dismantling (e.g. a tent); striking (e.g. a stage set); withdrawal (of troops); evacuation; retreating
it's been a long time; long time no see
rebuilding; reconstruction; rehabilitation; protoform reconstruction
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
hearsay; learning by hearsay
very rich person; the super rich
at that time; at that moment; then; on that occasion
disclosure; exposure; revelation
to find out; to discover; to locate
to set foot into; to enter; to step inside; to cross the threshold
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
to keep a promise; to keep one's word
barque (three-masted sailing ship); bark; barc; bark (of a tree, etc.)
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
last time; last inning; last part; final episode (of a television program)
to herd; to drive; to corner; to force someone into doing; to go hard; to push yourself
originator; ringleader; perpetrator; main culprit; person responsible
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
to sharpen; to hone; to wash (rice); to scour; to polish
Wi-Fi; WiFi; wireless local area network; wireless LAN
merry voices (e.g. of children playing)
person from (the planet of)
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment