referral fee; introduction fee
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
behind closed doors; behind-the-scenes; (under the veil of) secrecy
feeling sick; feeling queasy; feeling nauseated; being angry; being offended; being disgusted
long; drawn-out; very long
belonging to (a group, organization, etc.); affiliation (with); being attached to; being under the control of
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
in conflict; incompatible; out of harmony; running counter; mutually exclusive; clashing with
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to charge; to lunge; to flare up (at someone); to turn on (someone); to collide with; to bump into
practical question (problem); practical matter
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
(one's) inner voice; voice of one's heart; what one really thinks
destruction (esp. of evidence); spoliation; suppression; hiding; concealment
influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne
(emotional) backbone; support; backbone (of a network)
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
preemptive strike; preemptive attack; first strike
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.); in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work
never ceasing; never ending; endless
to have a rumor circulating
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
pigtails; bunches; two ponytails; angel wings
-like; pseudo-; comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts); (arch.) criticism; (arch.) censure
visit to console someone; giving comfort (to the sick, injured, etc.); expressing condolences (sympathy, concern, etc.); sympathy call
coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer