sticky; persistent; insistent; nagging
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
to bail out (water); to scoop out
the facts; the truth; the true state of affairs; in truth; in fact; in reality
agreement; consent; same opinion; same view; same meaning
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
sign; indication; omen; symptom
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
link (e.g. in a chain of events); part (of a plan, campaign, activities, etc.); monocyclic
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
public matter; governmental matter; prince; duke; lord; sir
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
(on the) net; (on the) Internet; (on the) Web
layer; stratum; class; stratum; sheaf; counter for stories (of a building)
leak of official secrets; leaking of confidential information
riskiness; (level of) danger
to the utmost; to the best of one's ability
interference; intervention; meddling
carefree; optimistic; careless; reckless; heedless; happy-go-lucky
to attract public attention; to create a stir; to arouse interest
top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile
regarding as dangerous; identifying as a threat
Vienna sausage; wiener; Vienna coffee; Viennese
to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
tension; mental strain; nervousness
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
name recognition; established reputation
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
charisma (i.e. attractiveness, charm); charisma (i.e. divinely conferred power or talent); charism; charismatic person; someone famous (usu. for their talent); celebrity
to take a view or perspective; to regard as; to consider to be
indicate reason; infers some protest
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
the other day; lately; recently; meanwhile; in the meantime
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you