island; one's territory (e.g. of a sex worker, organized crime gang); one's turf
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
even if ...; even supposing that ...; also as ...; also for ...; also from the position of ...
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to notice; to recognize; to recognise; to become aware of; to perceive; to realize
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin
two times; twice; two degrees
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
to be seen; to be in sight; to look; to seem; to come
to finish; to stop; to close (a business, etc.); to close down; to put away; to put back
the person in question; the person themselves; said person
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
first meeting; first interview with
same; identical; equal; anyway; anyhow; in either case
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
different person; another person; someone else; changed man
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
myself; yourself; I; me; you
child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
Mr.; Mrs.; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
like; similar to; (I) think (that); (I) have a feeling (that); feels like; feels similar to
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
embarrassing; embarrassed; ashamed; disgraceful; shameful
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
older sister; elder sister