official; formal; formula (e.g. mathematical); official (social media) account (of a company, organization, etc.)
power; authority; jurisdiction
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
please; somehow or other; one way or another
interference; meddling; butting in
useless; futile; unnecessary; needless; not on business; unrelated
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
glaring at each other; confrontation; standoff; face-off
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
one's own convenience; one's way; surroundings; environment; convenience; ease of use; financial circumstances
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
overall victory; championship
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
stealthily; secretly; in secret
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
extravagant; lavish; opulent; luxurious; magnificent; splendid
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
dark; gloomy; depressed; dispirited; dark (in colour); dull; ill-boding
comfort; ease; easy; simple; (economically) comfortable; raku pottery
to stand watch; to stand guard; to look out; to open (one's eyes) wide
to be found; to be discovered
potentiality; likelihood; possibility; availability
unavoidably; inevitably; necessarily; reluctantly; against one's will
shades of evening; dead of night
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
full of (e.g. mistakes); riddled with; covered all over with (blood, mud, etc.)
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
scenery; scene; landscape; scene (e.g. of a crime)
out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
conversely; on the contrary