to pay attention; to be watchful
employee (of a store); shop assistant; clerk; salesperson
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
to depend (on the situation); to be handled case by case
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
like this; this sort; this way
tightrope walking; high-wire act; funambulism; treading a tightrope; walking on thin ice; pulling a risky balancing act
to consist of; to be made up of; to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
he; she; that person; (arch.) you
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
matter of life or death; life-and-death problem
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
married woman; another's wife
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
all present; all concerned; all of us
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
cheater; unfaithful person; adulterer
to crack down on (e.g. crime, corruption); to deal a crushing blow to; to bring down the hammer on
with a burble; hollow (sounding); holey; full of holes or dents; viciously beating; hitting and kicking repeatedly
of course; certainly; naturally
another day; some other day
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
end (e.g. of street); tip; beginning; start; odds and ends; scrap
meticulous; careful; discreet; scrupulous; prudent
to soften; to moderate; to relieve
decennial; recurring every ten years
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process