(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
body; group; party; company; troupe
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
third party; third person; outsider; disinterested person
guess; conjecture; surmise
unconventional; eccentric; offbeat; aberrant; outlandish; crazy
smuggling; bootlegging; illicit trade
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
private citizen; civilian
to steal; to plagiarize; to steal (a technique, idea, etc.); to do stealthily; to do during scant time; to steal a base
circulation (money, goods, etc.); distribution; circulation (air, water, etc.); ventilation; negotiable (e.g. shares); distributional
hearing (of a statement, opinion, explanation, etc.); asking; questioning (e.g. a suspect); listening (e.g. to the radio)
big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity
question and answer session
one's post; place of work; workplace
flow (of a fluid or gas); stream; flow (of people, things); passage (of time); course (of events); (step-by-step) procedure; group of people who remain together after the end of an event
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
portrait photo; mug shot; face shot; photograph of a person's face
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
secretly; in secret; unseen; unobserved; inwardly; in private
astonishment; amazement; surprise; fright; shock
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
loose; slack; gentle (slope, curve); slow (speed); lenient; liberal
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to insert; to put in; to have a griping pain; to flow in; to shine in