activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
whole story; full picture; full particulars
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
real intention; true motive; true meaning
to be lifted; to be raised; to happen suddenly; to occur; to be homeroom teacher for the same class multiple years in a row; to move up with one's class
deed (esp. negative); act; action; one's doing
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
connection; link; relationship
pretext for not revealing something (e.g. actual reason for one's failure, vested interest, etc.)
competent; suitable; qualified
that's a different matter; that's a different story
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
originally; by nature; from the start
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
dropping out of school; withdrawing from school; expulsion from school; dismissal; leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course
shall ...; to assume; to suppose
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
problematical statement; controversial statement
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
successful execution; accomplishment; completion; fulfillment; carrying through
to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing
(sense of) reality; realness; realism; authenticity; viability
difficult to ...; hard to ...
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
father; dad; husband; you; he
go that far; to that extent
speech; words; one's lines; remarks