color scheme; colour scheme
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
relation; connection; relevance
traitor (to one's country); quisling
regional legal affairs bureau
striving for effect; heroics; dramatics; showmanship; staginess; (exaggerated) theatricality
factory; manufactory; works; mill
to explain adequately; to be accountable
useless resistance; vain struggle
without; but if; otherwise; or else
concealment; hiding; ambush; incubation; latency; dormancy
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
one's own handwriting; autograph
in any case; whatever the case may be
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
to do something distinguished; to perform great deeds; to distinguish oneself (e.g. in war)
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance
declaration; statement; assertion
state of mind; (one's) mental state
main cause; primary factor
(the condition of) one's health
to pay attention; to be watchful
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; contraction; atrophy
military law; martial law; tactics; strategy
mole; whistle-blower; informant; adulterer; adulteress
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to interfere; to butt in; to interrupt someone
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
to be forestalled; to be taken in; to be cheated; to be outwitted
scrubbing hard; scrubbing clean
to try to unsettle someone; to throw off balance
self-destruction; ruining oneself; natural decay; perishing naturally
surmise (about someone's feelings); guess; conjecture; (showing) deference (to); consideration (of someone's wishes); servility
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
odious; hateful; detestable; (speaking ironically) darling
(appropriate for) one's age
east and west; Orient and Occident; East and West; ladies and gentlemen!; your attention, please!
to fit the mold; to fit the mould; to be standard; to be customary; to be unoriginal; to be stale
outline; summary; gist; basic points
free action; free activity; acting at one's own discretion; taking one's own course; free hand; independent action
obstruction; impediment; hindrance; inhibition; blocking; check
to (see and) choose; to select; to diagnose (as); to judge; to estimate; to liken (to)
to dominate; to prevail; to be superior to; to get ahead of; to get the upper hand