to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
knowing; (an) acquaintance
to glare at each other; to confront each other
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
infection route; transmission route
formulation (of pharmaceuticals); preparation; pharmaceutical production
diversion into illegal channels; putting on the black market; selling through illegal channels
trader; dealer; businessperson; fellow trader; people in the same trade
to filch; to snatch; to steal (an idea, work, etc.); to plagiarize; to arrest; to nab
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
guest of honor; guest of honour; good customer; important customer
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
interview (e.g. for a job)
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
conclusion; decision; judgement; affirmative
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
threatening voice; threatening tone
pupil; student; schoolchild
that; the matter in question
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
to succeed in doing; to manage to do; to finish doing
to spread; to be propagated
to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
oh my god; how; what the; incredible
young bird; chick; fledgling; greenhorn; fledgeling; novice
optional; voluntary; arbitrary; arbitrary
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
to summon; to call (e.g. phone); to convene; to invoke (e.g. subroutine); to call; to open (e.g. a file)
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody