regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
thereupon; shortly thereafter
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
to press a question; to cross-examine
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
engine; agency; organisation; system; facility
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
outside world; physical world
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
to grant; to give; to confer; to teach; to instruct; to impart (knowledge)
to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
laugh; laughter; smile; sneer; sex aids (e.g. dildos, pornographic books, erotic woodblock prints, etc.)
to entrance; to possess; to enthrall
way out; means to escape; escape route
(fig.) rat in a trap; (fig.) trapped rat; (lit.) rat in a bag
to invade; to attack; to breach; to penetrate
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
order (for an item); request; demand; condition
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
stormy weather (at sea); poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas); poor turn-out; recession
to face on; to look out on to
to be effeminate; to be a fop; to break into a smile; to grin
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
in a whisper; in a low voice; in undertones
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to carry through; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
now that you mention it; come to think of it; that reminds me; on that subject; speaking of which
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
aptitude; aptness; suitability