influence; effect; to influence; to affect; to have an influence on
tolerance; open-mindedness; forbearance; generosity; magnanimity
tendency; trend; inclination
secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
change; variation; variety; diversity; inflection; declension
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
rather; better; instead; if anything
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
valuation; appraisal; evaluation; appreciation; recognition; acknowledgement
limit; limits; degree; extent; the end; the last; as long as ...
picking up; someone who picks up things; type picking (letterpress printing); walking (of an aristocrat)
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
opponent; rival; adversary; menace; danger; threat
to steal a glance; to intercept and read (e.g. other people's email)
indoor (court, pool, etc.)
sneak photography; non-consensual photography; peeping photos
interception (email); wiretap; bug
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
wind-swept; exposed to the wind
dry riverbed; river beach
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
by means of; due to; because of; according to
to come to nothing; to be in vain; to lead nowhere
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
opening (a letter, parcel, etc.); breaking the seal; unboxing (a product); unsealed mail
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device