to lose sight of; to miss
maintenance; preservation; improvement
respect; esteem; reverence; honour; honor
right of control; supremacy; sovereignty
(young) hoodlum; delinquent boy; small-time yakuza; brat; little shit
balance of power (in a relationship); power dynamic
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
critical (touch and go) situation; explosive situation
to rebuke; to scold harshly
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to persist in; to carry out; to have one's own way; to push through; to carry through
attraction; fascination; lure; captivation; charm
antisocial; contrary to public order or morality; offensive; sociopathic; immoral; obscene
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to plant; to transplant; to instil (idea, feeling, etc.)
split among friends; falling out; internal discord
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
sprout; shoot; bud; germinal disk (in an egg)
having sociable manners; sociable
to suck up to; to curry up to someone
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
to be in danger of; to be liable to
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
aloneness; loneliness; solitude
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
fleeting (glimpse, glance, etc.)
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
brothers and sisters; siblings
(squad of) police; police force
duty; obligation; responsibility
substitution (for someone else); substitute; stand-in; scapegoat; sacrifice