good offices; kind offices; services; mediation; intercession; conciliation
front (aspect, weather, war-front, etc.); reception (e.g. in a hotel); front desk; front office; team management
to ask a question; to ask questions
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
nonsense; silly talk; drivel; rubbish
townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street
soft (and fluffy) (e.g. bed, bread, baked potato); (arch.) absent-mindedly
to collapse; to flop (onto)
accommodation facility (e.g. hotel); lodging facility; boarding house
to erase all trace of something
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
power behind the throne; éminence grise; kingmaker; wire-puller; (lit.) shadow shogun
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
countries all over the world; all the countries of the world
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
intelligence network; information network
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
(horse-drawn) cab; gharry; fiacre
form (as opposed to substance); format; form; formality; form; mode
having said that; on the other hand; (but) then; (but) still
still; even now; to this day
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
accompanying (someone); going with; travelling together; the same bank; the said bank
panic; scare; alarm; panic; financial panic
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
(complete) destruction; annihilation; devastation
arrest; apprehension; capture
be (that) as it may; having said that
as a matter of fact; to tell the truth