loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to ignore (a fault, misstep, issue, etc.); to disregard; to overlook; to pass over; to let go unquestioned
judgment (of a crime); conviction; condemnation; beheading; decapitation
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
(any) particular; special; material; perceptible; noticeable
offender; criminal; culprit
beyond help; past salvation; incorrigible; irredeemable
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
to stop (doing); to cease; to desist; to drop; to lay off; to give up
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to yell; to rant; to rave
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
to make noise; to make racket; to rustle; to swoosh; to make merry; to clamor; to clamour
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous; to be absurd
bargaining; haggling; tactics; strategy; (tactical) advance or retreat of troops
to go mad; to lose one's mind; to get out of order; to go amiss; to go wrong (of a plan or expectation, etc.); to fall through
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
work (e.g. book, film, painting, composition); piece; production; opus
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
difference; variation; difference
from now; from this moment; henceforth
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
progress; advance; improvement; development
to anticipate; to expect; to place confidence in; to put trust in; to find promising; to see good prospects (in)
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
every person; every mouth; every entrance
in a crowd; ganging up (on); joining forces
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
unimpressive; unimpressed