external; foreign (e.g. relations); public (e.g. image)
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
to manage something successfully; to be successful
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
violation; offense; offence; breach; transgression; infringement
you could say; you might say; verging on the
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to waste one's efforts; to work to no (useful) effect
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
collaborator; cooperator; coworker; ally
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
it is ... that ...; precisely; although; while; it is precisely because ... that ...; only because ...
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
conclusion; resolution; gathering and bundling; convergence; focusing (e.g. light); convergence
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
contradiction; inconsistency
to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to have sex; to fuck; to pigeonhole (into a particular category); to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
to insure (something); to come up with a back-up plan; to hedge one's bets; to play it safe
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
through; non-stop; direct; going straight to
out of one's league; facing a too tough opponent; outclassed
extensive; vast range; wide scope
possible; potential; practicable; feasible
yielding; submission; surrender; giving way; succumbing
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
to force; to compel; to coerce; to press; to impose
to deliver; to extradite; to stretch across; to hand over
to lose one's mind; to lose control of oneself
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
loud laughter; roaring with laughter
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly