on the contrary; rather; all the more; instead
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
endorsing and questioning the preceding statement; lamenting reflections on the preceding statement
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
everything; all; the whole; entirely; completely; wholly
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
person of doubtful origin
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
crisis awareness; sense of impending crisis
journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling
thief; robber; burglar; rebel; insurgent; traitor
demon; devil; evil spirit; monster; goblin; apparition
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
good-looking guy; handsome man; hunk; Adonis; cool guy
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
capable person; talented person; human resources; personnel
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
honeytrap; honey trap; honeypot
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
one; for one thing; only; (not) even; just (e.g. "just try it"); some kind of; one type of
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
taking; taker; last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day; active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration); emphatic or formal prefix
to be aware of; to know; to notice; to feel; to understand; to comprehend; to remember
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit