to suit; to match; to become; to be like
hanky-panky; juggling; cheating; deception; smoke and mirrors
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for
to go through; to pierce; to penetrate; to stick to (opinion, principles, etc.); to carry out; to persist with
(suffer) deterioration; growing worse; aggravation; degeneration; corruption
to call in; to invite; to bring in
to be consistent; to be coherent
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
of course; certainly; naturally
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
taboo; day, time, direction, words, etc. that must be avoided; contraindication
much less; to say nothing of
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to make progress; to develop; to evolve (method, style, etc.)
victim; injured party; sufferer
very loose; slowly; leisurely
not only ... (but also); not just; as well as
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
poor-quality; shoddy; unskillful; inexpert; unlucky
being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing
objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument
practice; practising; experience
incomplete understanding; doubt; question; distrust; suspicion; strangeness
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
nothing but; none other than
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
warmly; cordially; with tender care
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
repeatedly; over and over again; fully (e.g. understand); very much; very well
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
just because; even if; even though
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration