obstacle; hindrance; impediment; difficulty
rationalization; justification
(non-documentary) television series; TV drama; teledrama; drama; dramatic incident; spectacle
to fall in love; to be in love; to be charmed with; to lose one's heart to
(a) weakness; shortcoming; failing; sore point
losing one's position; losing one's standing; downfall; fall (from power); being overthrown
erasure; paying back debt; effacement
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
full operation (e.g. factory, machine, reactor); full strength; full speed
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
gathering spot; haunt; rendezvous; meeting place; hang-out
repetition; iteration; recursion; recurrence; recapitulation
combination; union; incorporation; congruence
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
personnel; members; lineup (of a team); announcement of next day's match-ups
part; assigning (allotment of) parts; role; duties
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
steering; helmsman; coxswain; guidance; leadership; leader
ideal; perfect; most suitable; just right
sweet words; smooth talk; cajolery; flattery; sycophancy
gofer; dogsbody; person who is made to do things or get things for someone else
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
disturbance; perturbation; derangement
to entrust; to send (a message, etc.)
reasonableness (esp. of children); obedience
replenishment; supplementation; supplement; replacement; refilling
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
to encamp; to take up positions
let's see what you've got; show me what you've got
maintaining a reasonable distance; neutral position; indecision
front; frontage; facade; main
disorder; confusion; clutter; mess; muddle; disarray
out-boxing; hit-and-run; striking and running away
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
meaning; point (e.g. of a statement); gist; goal; intent; object
moderate; proper; just right
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
alternation; change; relief; relay; shift; substitution (sports, etc.)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
nonetheless; nevertheless
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up