to walk; to go on foot; to tread (a figurative path); to follow; to advance towards (e.g. a solution); to set out (e.g. on the path to destruction, ruin, etc.)
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
selection; making a choice; sifting; decision to adopt or reject
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
education; schooling; training; culture; cultivation; education
theory; doctrine; opinion; view; rumour; rumor
passing; (person) who happens to pass by; (place) that one happens to pass by; casual (e.g. romance); momentary
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
greed; worldly or materialistic desires
sexual desire; sex drive; lust
to become muddy; to become cloudy; to become dull (of a sound, color, etc.); to become hoarse; to become impure (of a heart, society, etc.); to be corrupted
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
ending; quitting; closing; ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
interception (email); wiretap; bug
better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution
to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
place where one works; construction site; working area
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
diffidence; losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; being daunted
clerk; (bureau, post-office) staff
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
button (clothing); push-button
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
automatic lock; automatic door-locking system
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell