craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman
friendship; (on) familiar terms; intimacy; kindness; goodwill
(not) altogether; (not) wholly
pulse; vein; chain (of mountains, etc.); hope; thread (of an argument)
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
exclusion; removal; elimination; clearing away; getting rid of
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
feeling good; feeling pleasant
to slip through (a crowd); to weave through (e.g. traffic); to pass through; to get around; to elude (e.g. the law); to evade
stagnation; deposit; sediment; faltering; hesitation; pause
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
this, that and the other; this and that
to flatter; to toady (to); to curry favor (with); to butter up; (lit.) to grind sesame seeds
to work assiduously; to give one's all; to make the utmost effort; (lit.) to make (grind) one's body into dust
haughty; arrogant; insolent; presumptuous
gaining total control (of people or counties); suppression; oppression; control; mastery; ascendancy
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
suppression (of a riot, revolt, etc.); repression; putting down; quelling
imitation; copy; make-believe; doing something in a way that only superficially resembles the real thing
armrest (of a chair); elbow rest
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
skill; ability; dexterity; performance; workmanship; craftsmanship
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
adjustment; regulation; coordination; reconciliation; tuning; fixing
control; management (e.g. of a business)
government office; agency; board
secretary (government); director; chief
serving concurrently as; concurrently holding the position of; holding the additional post of; additional post
to devote oneself; to do one thing exclusively; to make a job of; to decide to
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be reverent; to be purified
receiving an official appointment; being appointed (to the post of)