advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
timewasting; killing time
apt to (do); liable to; prone to
delivering an order; dispatch of an order; messenger; orderly; runner
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
one's superior; higher-up; boss; senior
to say; to tell; to state; to do
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to act (a part); to play (a role); to perform (a play, etc.); to put on (a production); to commit (a blunder); to disgrace oneself
series of battles; successive battles
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
painful; being sorry; feeling sorry
term; terminology; wording; choice of words; phraseology
scene; sight; scenario; setting
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
questioner; interrogator; interpellator
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
staff officer; military staff; adviser; counselor; counsellor
introduction; presentation; referral; listing
model; type (e.g. of machine, goods, etc.); type; style; mold (mould); template; kata (standard form of a movement, posture, etc. in martial arts, sport, etc.)
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
first meeting; first interview with
script; libretto; scenario
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
fear; horror; anxiety; concern; uneasiness; reverence
instantly; immediately; equals; means; oneness (of two opposing things); inseparability
it hasn't been long since
spurious article; forgery; counterfeit; imitation; sham
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
(not so) much; (not) very
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
to place in a row; to line up; to list; to enumerate; to talk a lot of nonsense; to tell a lot of lies
due form; official; formality
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
apparently; appears to be
opposite; reverse; contrary