matter; affair; counter for (received) emails, text messages, voicemail messages, etc.; counter for accounts (on a website, email service, etc.)
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
performance; trick; feat; extraordinary deed; daring act; bold move
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
kind; sort; type; similar example; parallel; the like
something like ...; something called ...
careful; thorough; meticulous; scrupulous
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
putting into operation; invocation
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
to sit cross-legged; to rest on one's laurels
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
surely; certainly; without doubt
by mutual agreement; by mutual consent
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
play; recreation; play (theatre); performance; staging; praying
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
omen; portent; sign; premonition; harbinger; precursor
by the way; in this connection; incidentally; in passing
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
sometimes; occasionally; at times; seasonal; of the season; appropriate (for the season or occasion)
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
close; intimate; on good terms
disappearance; running away; going missing; absconding