to tip off (e.g. the police); to inform (on); to squeal; to rat
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
indictment; prosecution; complaint
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy
in proportion to; according to; depending on
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
prohibition; inhibition; ban
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for
old boy; alumnus; graduate; out of bounds (golf)
to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight
hegemony; leadership; initiative
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to be added to; to be appended; to join in (e.g. a group of friends); to participate; to increase (e.g. heat); to gain in (e.g. influence)
isolated; standing alone; falling in drops (e.g. rain); saying a single word; muttering just a few words
going back to the beginning (in a discussion, argument, etc.); returning to the fundamental points (of the issue at hand); discussion of how things began (in the first place)
wicked person; evil person; scoundrel; bad thing; mischief
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
composed expression; clear face
roar of laughter (from multiple people); burst of laughter; uproarious laughter; laughing hard (by a single person)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
to decorate; to ornament; to display; to exhibit; to mark (e.g. the day with a victory); to adorn (e.g. the front page)
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
in its entirety; whole; wholly
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
preface; introduction; preamble
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
second (unit of time); arc second
teacher; instructor; sensei; title or form of address for a teacher, master, doctor, lawyer, etc.; intimate or teasing form of address; (arch.) one's elder
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)