arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
linkage; entanglement; involvement; relationship; interaction
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
nagging; faultfinding; carping; captious
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
statue; picture; picture revealing character
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
poor; pitiful; piteous; pitiable
unable to resist; unable to suppress
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
disclosure; exposure; revelation
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
invitation; introduction; temptation
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go
to mix; to combine; to exchange (words, fire, etc.); to cross (e.g. swords); to join together
other matters; other people's affairs
strict; close; precise; scrupulous
outsider; someone outside of a group
fixed date; appointed day
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
clicking; clopping; clacking
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
story; tale; talk; discussion
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
to stand in the way; to bar someone's way; to block the way
purpose; goal; aim; objective; intention
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
book; booklet; story book; pamphlet; notebook
script; libretto; scenario
counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
cover (of a book, magazine, etc.); binding; appearing on the cover of a magazine