behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
signature; signing; sealing
friendship; goodwill; friendly relations; amity
one's best interests; one's own good
to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone); to run into; to reject; to deny; to eliminate; to exclude; to flip
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
image; figure; figure; form; image
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
rough; rowdy; wild; rough person; rowdy person
flaring up; burning hotly; flying into a rage; losing one's cool; opening suddenly and widely (e.g. eyes, mouth); (arch.) acting resolutely
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
one's seniors and juniors; seniority-based hierarchy
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
fine jewel; article of excellent quality; beautiful woman; beauty
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
government office; public office
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
stolen goods; loot; spoils
valuable article; valuables
prohibition; ban; embargo
just made; fresh (from the oven); newly-built (house)
mom's home cooking; taste of mom's cooking; taste of home cooking; food like mom used to make
to run a shop; to have a shop
employee; worker; laborer (labourer); blue-collar worker
takeout (i.e. food); take-out; takeaway; take-away
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding
attack under the cover of darkness; surprise attack; sneak attack