to be perturbed; to be agitated
to take someone's life; to kill someone
core; heart (of the matter); point; crux; kernel
to prick; to stab; to poke; to prod; to use (a cane); to prop oneself up with
inducing; causing; triggering; giving rise to
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
the point of ...; the place where ...; a place called ...; places known as ...; I would say ...; ... is how I'd put it
near oneself; close to one; familiar
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
everywhere; everywhere one goes; wherever one goes
loyal retainer; loyal subject
accomplishment; execution
hostile party; enemy side
senior official; senior members
to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
endless argument; pointless argument; fruitless dispute; futile discussion; (lit.) argument over whose field to water (during a drought)
one by one; one after another; successively
box for letters and papers; box used to carry or deliver letters
piece of evidence; evidence
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
show; exhibition; spectacle
help; assistance; service
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
care; precaution; guarding; caution
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)
reading aloud; recitation
government service; the bureaucracy
cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
inspection; examination; survey
ex-husband; former husband
first; foremost; most important; best; greatest; above all