bluff; false show of power; bold front
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
rose-colour; rose-color; bright (e.g. life, future, prospects); cheerful; rosy
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
underwear; underclothes; lingerie; chemise; singlet
unnecessary; not needed; not necessary
sincere; earnest; serious
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
in accordance with; according to
to waver in one's resolution
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
and so; therefore; for that reason
independent; autonomous; voluntary; of one's own initiative
the end; the extremity; the limit; the limits; the result
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
(a) principle; (a) reason; (a) point; some truth
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
to proceed with; to continue with; to move on; to go forward; to pursue
to gather; to collect; to assemble
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
health; healthy; sound; fit
I have nothing to do with it
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
bet; wager; stake; gamble
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
the rest; the others; in addition (to that); besides that; and so forth; and the like
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
fair and square; open and aboveboard
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to take; to carry (something) away; to bear
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting