maintenance of public order; maintaining security
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
every evening; night after night
to become ...-ish; to appear like ...; to have a touch of ...; to become stained with ...; to become steeped with ...; to become smeared with ...
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
(all) through (e.g. the night); throughout (e.g. the year); within (e.g. the week); in the course of (e.g. today); all over; throughout (e.g. the world)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
personal grudge; personal enmity
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
from the viewpoint of; according to
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
forever; eternally; for good; as long as one likes; indefinitely; endlessly
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ...
poison; toxicant; harm; evil influence; ill will; spite
liver; innards; courage; spirit; crux; essential point
evil; wickedness; (role of) the villain (in theatre, etc.); the bad guy
soggy; soaked; crushed (out of shape); crumpled; messy; untidy
metamorphosis; disguise; transformation; shapeshifting; morphing
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
to rub (on); to wipe; to daub; to lay (the blame on someone); to pin; to shift
there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary; does not match; out of reach of
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession