compensation; indemnification; reparation; consideration
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
transactions; dealings; business
to offer (a suggestion, etc.); to propose (an idea, etc.); to approach with (a proposal, etc.)
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to need; to call for; to require
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
after all; because; but; even; too; as well
to escape; to make one's getaway; to manage to get away
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to sum up; to summarize; to summarise
to be exhausted; to be tired out
inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
complete picture; panorama; what it all adds up to; bird's eye view; all-embracing portrait; overall perspective
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time
outline; summary; gist; basic points
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
to step forward; to volunteer
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that
individualism; egoism; selfishness
advantages and disadvantages; interests (of parties)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to join forces; to cooperate
recovery; undoing; recall
doubting; questioning; being skeptical (of)
to use and then throw away