isolation; being alone; being friendless
gesture; gesticulation; motion
barefaced (e.g. lie); transparent; with feigned ignorance; pretending not to know; pure white; very clear
first meeting; first interview with
from what I've heard; according to reports; from what they say
forgery; counterfeiting; fabrication; falsification
of bad character; ill-natured; nasty; vicious; wicked; malignant
to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter
on the contrary; rather; instead; all the more
calamity; misfortune; disaster
to boil; to be boiling hot; to be on a rolling boil
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
to throw away; to abandon; to give up; to relinquish; to lay down (one's life)
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act innocent
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 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 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
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)
far away; far off; nowhere near; far cry
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional