mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion; metal wire with a prop animal (e.g. butterfly, bird) attached to the end; rod used to control the arm of a puppet (in bunraku)
present (brought by a visitor); gift
proposal; proposition; suggestion
same crime; being equally guilty; bearing the same amount of responsibility
to hesitate; to have scruples; to be afraid of what others may think; to lord it over; to have great influence
point of tangency; point of contact; (electrical) contact; point of contact (between); connection
in any case; at any rate; anyhow; because; since; for
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
to hide; to keep to oneself
transcendence; excellence; superiority; super; extremely; awfully
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
maid; helper; help; assistance
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
beyond this point; ahead; from now on; after this; in the future
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
choice; selection; option
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to be contrary (to); to go against; to infringe; to violate; to disobey (an order, teachings, etc.); to defy
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
worry; care; concern; ennui; boredom
help; assistance; service
chance; start; opportunity; cause; reason; excuse
happiness; blessedness; proving fortunate; yielding positive outcome; luckily; fortunately
incompetent; have no merit
breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off; rupture
to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
pasturing (e.g. cattle); letting (an animal) run loose; letting (someone) do as they please; leaving (something) to take its own course; letting (an issue) go unchecked
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
alert status; emergency alert
wickedness; evil; iniquity; wrongness
reopening; resumption; restarting
to take (someone) along; to bring along; to be accompanied by
armed group; armed insurgents
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects