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mediator; go-between; middleman

1

ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot); forerunner; pioneer

3

prejudice; bias; warped view; jealousy; inferiority complex

1

to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting

2

leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing

2

to listen to in an ecstasy

1

leader; authority; mainstay

2

recording medium; storage medium

1

to become completely chilled

2

summary; recapitulation; aggregation

3

source of information; intelligence source; message source

2

being settled quickly; reaching a quick conclusion; no need to say any more; no problem

2

betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer

17

to proceed with things; to carry out; to do

1

leaking of a secret; leakage of a secret

1

megalomania

1

crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness

1

to carry out a scheme

3

(made of) stone; stone-built

1

cathedral

1

mason; stonemason; stonecutter

1

coarse; rough; crude

1

to drag in; to pull in

2

to turn upwards; to leave a clean aftertaste

1

bias; eccentricity; obstinacy

1

insane; fanatic

1

to raise objections; to complain; (to have the right) to say anything

2

eyesore; offensive sight; offense to the eye; obstruction (to the view of something)

1

obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted

2

pit; shaft

1

emergency press conference; hastily called press conference; impromptu press conference

1

performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written; doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution); put-up job; charade; sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

4

buffoon; jester

1

smiling with pity

1

press corps

3

in name only; titular; nominal

2

counteroffensive

1

television camera

1

civic life

1

relationship; relation

2

information media; press; news organs

3

specialist shop; shop specializing in a particular type of product

6

several companies

1

other companies in the same business; rival firms

1

private management

1

slow; lagging; tardy

1

to disable; to override

1

act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery

1

to learn by hearsay

3

press conference; news conference

2