cooperative relation; cooperative relationship; collaborative relationships; cooperative structure; cooperative ties; cooperative alliance
successive; consecutive; back-to-back; one after another
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
to mediate; to intervene; to smooth
mediator; go-between; middleman
consolation money; solatium; reparation; damages; settlement
verbal promise; one's word
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
release (of information, documents, etc.); disclosure; display; discovery
blinding someone's eyes (to make an escape); smoke screen; distraction; magic (trick); sleight of hand
afterwards; at a later time; later on; after some time
especially; particularly; above all; portioning out (servings of food)
overlooking; looking down at; having an overhead view; having a bird's-eye view; having a high-angle view
to hold (a ceremony); to perform
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled
whichever one chooses; either way
to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to try and judge a person's feelings (from their expression)
taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
contest; comparison; competition
bone conduction; osteophony
to choose the best; to select carefully; to handpick
double speed (data transfer, video playback, etc.); 2X speed; -times speed; ...X speed
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
full view; total picture; whole story; full particulars; all the details
one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor
to take possession of (forcibly); to take over (a company, account, etc.); to capture (a castle, enemy position, etc.); to hijack (a plane, ship, etc.)
troublesome; bothersome; burdensome
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt; sentence-ending particle expressing a rhetorical question
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
once a fool, always a fool; (lit.) idiots will only be cured when they die
to blacken; to make black
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)