thanks; gratitude; appreciation; thankfulness
to knit (one's eyebrows); to furrow; to contract
bid rigging; collusion (on contract bidding); (illegal) price-fixing agreement; consultation; discussion; conference
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to hold one's tongue; to shut up
feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pretending not to recognize (someone); unconcerned air; indifference; nonchalance
to pay no attention to (while listening); to take no notice of; to ignore; to let go in one ear and out the other
to torture; to persecute; to excruciate
to carry into (esp. an injured person into a hospital); to take into; to bring into
late at night; deep in the night
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
to be dripping wet; to get drenched to the skin
to march (someone) off (e.g. to the police station); to lead away; to take away
almost every day; almost daily
cry (e.g. of a baby); sob; whine; tearful voice; weepy voice
to be in confusion; to be busy
deceased husband; late husband
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
even though; despite; when
mouthful; morsel; gulp; sip; one word; in short
in search of; in order to look for
secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); kitchen
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
with; by; because of; on account of; on (a day, date); at (a time)
frantic; frenetic; inevitable death; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)
and also; and on top of that; so (I take it that ...); then ...; (arch.) in that case; (arch.) if so
to have one's heart touched; to be moved
casual; unconcerned; nonchalant; ordinary; normal; regular
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
lifelong; lifetime; for life; life
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
birth; lineage; identity; background; provenance; origin