plot / plan / design / artifice / ruse / snare / scheme / trick / trap / stratagem

politicking / political tactics

break off / discontinue / interrupt

stop / break off / cut off / discontinue / interrupt

mix / mingle / blend / compound

see *someone / come across *someone / meet with *someone

brazen-faced / shameless

brazen-faced / shameless

(of one's behaviour toward another) cold / (of one's behaviour toward another) chilly / (of one's behaviour toward another) harsh / (of one's behaviour toward another) unfriendly / (of one's behaviour toward another) very cold / (of one's behaviour toward another) stone cold / (of one's behaviour toward another) icy cold / (of one's behaviour toward another) frigid / (of one's behaviour toward another) frosty

unnaturalness / absurdity / irrationality / irrational / paralogism