fortune-telling; divination; fortune-teller; diviner
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
idly; lazily; aimlessly; evasively; elusively; vaguely
just; justifiable; right; due; proper; equitable
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
bust-waist-hip measurements; vital statistics
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquising
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
anthropophobia; social anxiety disorder
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
to treat (a guest); to receive; to entertain; to be hospitable to; to make welcome
welcome; (warm) reception
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
to make (someone) understand (a fault, mistake, etc.); to reason with; to advise; to try to persuade; to exhort; to admonish
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
favorite (to win); favourite; one's heart's desire; first choice; chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
cake or snack served with tea
slightly (of an action); (looking) small and quiet
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
events of the day; current affairs
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
discouraged; dispirited; despondent
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
indescribable; inexpressible; unspeakable; indefinable; nobody can tell
estimate (of costs); budget
payment (for labour); pay; charge; wages
to begin to write; to start writing; to write out (e.g. on a blackboard); to extract (and write down); to write down (the important parts); to export
strength and weakness; (degree of) strength; stress (of a sound); loudness
advance payment; money paid in advance