fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
the world in general; society; convention
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to offer; to devote; to sacrifice
prejudice; bias; distorted view
therefore; and so; for that reason; accordingly; consequently; hence
to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
several years; a few years
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
to achieve results; to be successful (in a venture, etc.)
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
to lower one's voice; to speak more softly
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
notebook; memo pad; certificate; identification card
silence (not speaking); muteness
to throw into; to toss into
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
at once; there and then; immediately
in truth; in actuality; at heart; the truth; the real story
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
ordinary person; average person; mediocre person
as a child; when one was a child
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
to be wounded; to get injured; to get hurt feelings; to get damaged; to get chipped