shady dealings; illicit business; underground business
having said that; on the other hand
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
hiding place; hideout; refuge; retreat; hideaway
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to transfer (trains); to change (bus, train); to change (to another ideology, party, company, etc.); to switch (to a different system, method, etc.); to move on to (e.g. a new love interest)
too good (for a child, to be true, etc.); overproduction (e.g. of crops); making too much
to send or direct a person to
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
in advance; beforehand; previously
assuming that ...; supposing that ...
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
high-class restaurant; high-end store
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
succession struggle; succession race
right in the middle (of); midst; height
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
settlement; solution; resolution
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
(game pieces, soldiers, etc.) under one's control
collection; recovery; withdrawal; retrieval
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
dropping out; falling behind; omission; being left out; falling off; coming off
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
vague; ambiguous; shady; disreputable; fuzzy
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
place; room; margin; scope
criticism; judgement; judgment; comment
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
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death