seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
laughingstock; butt of ridicule
high; noble; refined; advanced
finding employment; getting a job
interview (e.g. for a job)
receiving; welcoming; going to meet; final call; call of fate; approach of death
payment (taxes, fees, etc.); supply (of goods); delivery
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
means of transportation; transportation system; way of getting around
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
don't worry about it; there is nothing to fear; there is no need for anxiety; everything is under control
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; in a maze; in a fog; all at sea; up in the air
wiles; sinister design; trick; conspiracy; intrigue
peerless; unique; unparalleled; unchallenged
detour; diversion; alternative route
to give directions; to issue instructions
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
sacrificial pawn; sacrificed piece; sacrifice
to bring; to take; to bring about
stay of execution; suspended sentence
disagreeable; unpleasant; adverse; unsympathetic
(Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
flat; even; level; plain (speech, etc.); simple
(as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; (it is a ...) thing; matter; fact
first class plus; extra special
dying in vain; useless death; meaningless death
highly regrettable; utterly deplorable
to hold one's life dear; to be reluctant to die
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
to change (with the passage of time); to fade; to wane; to decline