to concern; to be related
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
congress; parliament; diet; legislative assembly
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
speciality; specialty; subject of study; expert; area of expertise
establishment; founding; incorporation (of a business)
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
related to; in relation to; as far as ... is concerned
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
cache; place to hide something
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to throw out; to drop; to toss; to abandon; to neglect; to dismiss
offender; criminal; culprit
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
to be affected; to be influenced; to be concerned with; to have to do with; to stick to (opinions)
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
black curtain; wirepuller; mastermind; backroom manipulator
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
when it comes to ...; where ... is concerned; if it's the case that ...; if it turns out that ...; if it's true that ...
in one's own way or style
to be conspicuous; to stand out
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
that's true; of course; obviously
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
which reminds me ...; come to think of it ...; now that you mention it ...; on that subject ...; so, if you say ...
to provide momentum; to give a boost to; to encourage; to spur; to stimulate
to rise; to erect; to get up
easy; simple; ready; casual; off-hand; easy-going
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on