author directing or producing his or her own play (film); staging oneself for effect; presenting oneself in a favorable light
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
viewer; (television) audience
audience; spectator; spectators
video camera; video camcorder
treasure hunting; treasure hunt; lucky dip; game involving finding hidden prizes from a sand box, barrel of leaves, etc.
piece of evidence; evidence
political climate; political situation
to shelter (e.g. a fugitive); to harbour; to harbor; to hide; to give refuge to
reform bill; reform proposal; amendment
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
identification papers; ID; piece of identification; identity document
underground world; underground society
second offense; second offence
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
to gain a bad reputation; to fall into ill repute
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation
natural calamity; disaster
great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
exhaustion; fatigue; impoverishment; (financial) exhaustion; ruin
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
verbal promise; one's word
diplomatic; diplomatically
quotation; citation; reference
news program; news programme
infotainment television program; TV gossip show; (tabloid) talk show; talk show featuring discussion of current news, etc.