to be opposite; to face each other; to confront (an issue); to face
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
quite indifferent; looking blank; looking as though one has nothing at all to do with what is going on
to blink (one's eyes); to wink; to bat; to twinkle (e.g. stars); to flicker; to waver
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
desire; want; will; wish; urge; craving
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to become a (bad) habit; to get accustomed to
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
reason for being; raison d'être
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
to notice; to become aware; to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to recover consciousness; to come to oneself
characteristic; like oneself; worthy of oneself
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
superficial; apparent; seeming; surface; cosmetic
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
to permit; to allow; to forgive; to pardon; to exempt (someone) from; to remit; to acknowledge
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
vexing; irritating; impatient
to feel sorry (for, that); to regret (that); to feel pity; to sympathize
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
very hard; with utmost effort; as hard as one can; with all one's might; for dear life; eagerly
envious; jealous; enviable (position, etc.)
to have a talk; to tell a story
same period; corresponding period; same year (of graduation, entering a company, etc.); contemporary; synchronization; synchronism
hypothesis; supposition; assumption; tentative theory
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
to explain adequately; to be accountable
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to talk down; to corner someone in an argument
to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you