cooperation; collaboration
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
bravery; courage; heroism
to compete; to contest; to quarrel; to argue; to deny (e.g. evidence)
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
et cetera; etc.; or something; the likes of; for example; for instance
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
ninja; person trained in ninjutsu and employed for covert purposes in feudal Japan
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
duty; function; office; mission; task
body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander
to be wide-ranging; to be diverse; to cover a lot of ground; to cover various topics
to be absent; to take a day off; to rest; to have a break; to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep
somewhere; anywhere; in some respects
far away; distant place; long ago; far back; by far
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
journey; route of a journey
big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important
disturbance; obstruction; hindrance; jamming; interference
road; path; route; way; distance; journey; road (e.g. to victory)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
hm; um; huh?; what?; nuh-uh; no
that's the way it is; yes; is that so?; is it?
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
to approach; to draw near
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
Herculean task; next-to-impossible undertaking
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
probability; likelihood; chances
besides; in addition; also; moreover