large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
bribe; sweetener; douceur
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
material (for a story, article, etc.); information; joke; jest; proof; evidence; (magician's) trick
mask; veil; disguise; anonymous; unmarked; incognito
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
skill; dexterity; master hand
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
to blow out; to spout out
to fall into someone's hands; to place oneself in someone's power
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
near; close by; within reach; familiar
slender build; slender figure; leptosome; waifish; leptosomaic; leptosomatic
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to bind; to fasten; to tie up
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
patronizing; expecting gratitude in return; acting like one is doing someone a favor; condescending
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
(political) administration; political power
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
negligence; carelessness; incompetence; mismanagement
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
incredibly brutal; gory; gruesome
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
thick; viscous; muddy; dirty (with oil, grease, etc.); to be in an ugly state (of emotions, relations, etc.); to be murky
current; urgent; to confront (an issue); to face (up to something); for the meantime; at present
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
to be smeared; to be covered
purification; cleanup (e.g. of politics); purge
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
depending on; dependent on
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to ignite; to set fire to; to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)