to make a phone call; to answer the phone
retort; back talk; backchat
to exercise one's authority (over); to influence; to glare (at); to scowl; to glower
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
disease; illness; disorder; condition; ailment
stillness; quiet; peacefulness
round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money
rumbling (of thunder, one's stomach, etc.); grumbling; rolling (of something large and heavy); tumbling; all over the place; everywhere; idly
one thing or another; this and that; something or another
mental anguish; mental distress
to envy; to be envious (of); to be jealous (of)
stationing (troops); garrisoning
in flagrante delicto arrest; arrest of someone in the act of committing a crime
insurrection; riot; uprising; rebellion; revolt
ditch; drain; groove; tread; gap (between people, countries, etc.); gulf
preparatory meeting; preparatory committee
to blow (on); to breathe (on); to pick (a fight); to provoke; to exaggerate; to ask (an unreasonable price)
came; went; was (somewhere); here it comes!; there it goes!; as expected!
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
to draw back; to leave (e.g. the area); to withdraw
in person; personally; directly
to wait for one's punishment; to wait before one gets what's coming to one; (lit.) to wash one's neck and wait (i.e. for one's beheading)
legal consultation; (giving) legal advice
abuse of authority; abuse of public office; misfeasance
entrusting; charge; delegation; authorization
commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization
to go through formalities
official regulations; inner rules
lapse; abatement; invalidation; expiration; expiry; becoming void
to be Instagrammable; to be Insta-worthy; to look attractive enough to post on social media; to be photogenic
presenter; speaker; performer; actor; participant (in a TV show or TV panel)
don't worry; no worries; never mind
group; (free) radical; counter for installed or mounted objects (e.g. stone lanterns, gravestones, satellites)
redundancy; superfluity; useless addition
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
inner citadel; core; center; centre
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch