simple; artless; naive; unsophisticated
change; alteration; modification
new functionality; new feature
being good at being spoiled; being good at using puppy-dog eyes; person who is good at getting others to spoil them
arrangement; pact; agreement
yellow card; International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis; ICVP
to find out the truth; to ascertain; to clarify; to confirm; to verify
lip; lip balm; lip salve; chapstick
progress; advance; making (good) progress
indecisively; hesitantly; irresolutely; wishy-washily
came here; coming here; recently
chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
considerable; formidable; tremendous; really something else; exceptional; impressive
steadily; unflaggingly; untiringly; knocking; tapping; clicking
sitting down; sitting up; sit!
wild; violent; rough-mannered; rough (e.g. work); crude; coarse
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
synopsis; plot; outline; plan; scheme; program
extremely bothersome; extremely tiresome; extremely troublesome; very tedious
on the occasion of; at the time of; when; during
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
of no use; useless; not fit for purpose
scientific name (of a species); binomial name; Latin name; academic reputation
results of a scientific investigation; findings
some nerve (as in "you have some nerve to ...")
limpness; soft; limp; mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth
pole on which to hang laundry for drying; clothesline
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
display window; shop window; store window
quite unlike; not bearing the slightest resemblance
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
residential area; quarter; neighbourhood; neighborhood
thruster (e.g. on a satellite)
to make snide remarks; to put into bad mood
untalkative; quiet; taciturn; reticent; uncommunicative
unconditional command; must-obey order
isolation; segregation; separation; quarantine