honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken; cajoling; talking glibly
support (e.g. for an argument); backing; proof; evidence; corroboration; substantiation
handsome youth (male); pretty boy
without touching; no touching; not participating in; not being concerned by; without being involved in
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
advance party; advance team; advance group; vanguard unit
intelligence gathering; information gathering
work (e.g. of art); production; harvest; cultivation; technique
ringleader; accomplished villain
root of an evil; source of a problem; source of trouble; cause of misfortune
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
bodyguards; elite guards; Schutzstaffel; SS; groupies; ardent fans
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
opening (in a game of go, chess, etc.); early stages; initial phase; outset
moving tale; impressive tale
looking on (somebody) as hostile
unwanted child; shunned child
racial discrimination; racism
religious issue; religious problem; religious question
state of things; state of affairs; condition; situation; circumstances
cover (e.g. for illegal activity); front; Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); straw raincoat that makes one invisible
adherent; devotee; believer
questioner; interrogator; interpellator
laughing while crying; smiling through one's tears; (alternately) laughing and crying; tears and laughter; joy and sorrow
irony of fate; twist of fate
extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
people (of a country); nation; citizen; national
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
unfavourably; unfavorably; disparagingly; insultingly; ill
marriage of convenience; marriage for political reasons
cruel; merciless; pitiless; tragic; horrible; terrible
to manage; to deal with; to cope with; to sentence; to condemn; to punish
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
the deceased; the departed