fastidiousness; love of cleanliness; uprightness; integrity; scrupulousness
Mr; Mrs; Miss; politeness marker
adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
(theatrical) provincial tour
military science; strategy; tactics
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
benevolence; charity; love
devotion; dedication; self-sacrifice
what with A and B; such things as A and B; A and B and so on; denotes uncertainty
part; portion; glimpse; bit
morally; from a moral point of view; moral (issue, responsibility, etc.); ethical
this or that person; anybody; many people
insignificant; inconsequential; trifling; negligible; of little importance
gentle (nature, personality, etc.); mild; quiet; moderate (statement, measure, etc.); mild; temperate
rage; fury; exasperation; indignation
duplicity; treachery; double-dealing
change of mind; inconstancy; apostasy
to bend by twisting; to twist; to contort; to distort (e.g. the truth); to twist (e.g. someone's words)
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
feigned innocence; feigned gentleness; fake modesty; feigned ignorance; playing dumb
servile; subservient; obsequious; slavish; self-abasing; grovelling
to change; to alter; to run counter to; to go against; to make a mistake (in); to err
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
to see (a doctor, etc.); to consult (someone)
royalty and nobility; noble; aristocrat
to be aware of; to know about; to be concerned in; to have to do with
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
doubt; distrust; suspicion (of)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
disloyalty; unfaithfulness
treaty; pact; convention; agreement
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
secret communication (with the enemy); collusion; betrayal; adultery; (extramarital) affair
friendship; amity; companionship
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude