strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
multi-floor building; multi-storey building; bill
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
suited figure; person in a suit
to drive away; to turn away; to send away; to repel; to repulse
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
address (e.g. of house); residence; domicile
(private) investigation company; research agency
to keep (a person) waiting
office building; office complex
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear
quickly and skillfully; to the point; succinctly; concisely
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
vocational school; technical school
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
knowing; (an) acquaintance
structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination
inquiry; enquiry; investigation; (police) interview; questioning (e.g. witness, suspect); hearing
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
to be born; to come into the world
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
to grant (request, wish); to answer (prayer); to fulfill (conditions); to meet (requirements)
to squash; to crush; to flatten
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
war; fighting; fierce competition
method of treatment; cure; remedy
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
flaw; defect; problem; inconvenient
general; popular; common; typical
discord; (on) bad terms (with)