to concern; to be related
counselor; counsellor; adviser; advisor
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to be based on; to take into account; to build upon; to have one's feet firmly planted on; to plant oneself on
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
to see through; to see the true nature of something
power; might; authority; influence
witnessing; observing; sighting
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course
useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to (happen to) see; to notice; to catch sight of
planned; scheduled; systematic
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to squash; to crush; to flatten
accurate; correct; precise; exact
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
such ... as; or some such
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to remove; to deinstall; to take away; to set apart
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
nice; likeable; desirable
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
to take out; to carry out; to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject)
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
to become (a state, condition, etc.)
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since