rustic simplicity; homeliness; unsophisticated; naive; honest; simple
relatives; one's family; friends; members of the same organization; followers; henchmen
going backward; turning back; backtracking; retrogression; relapse; returning to a bad state
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
uncertain; vague; ambiguous
counter; window; teller window; contact person; point of contact
mediator; go-between; middleman
diplomatic negotiations; negotiations through diplomatic channels
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
offensive and defensive alliance
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
to stir up trouble for oneself; (lit.) to scare out a snake by poking at the brush
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
closing part of a balance sheet; balance of accounts
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to stand, walk, etc. shoulder-to-shoulder; to be on a par with
neighbour; neighbor; neighbourhood; neighborhood
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
wartime fire; war; wartime destruction; horrors of war
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
to stop; to stay (e.g. the night); to contain; to keep (in position, in place); to record (e.g. a fact); to retain