fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself
to come near (to); to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to reach (a stage, period, etc.); to overhang; to hang over
sudden; abrupt; unexpected; unforeseen
to wrinkle up (e.g. one's eyebrows, nose, etc.); to furrow; to crimple
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
disliking; hating; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
shadow (e.g. on someone's happiness); cloud; shade; gloom
slight bow (as a greeting or sign of gratitude); nod; salutation; consideration; thoughtfulness
to let pass; to allow through; to transmit (e.g. light, sound, etc.); to conduct (electricity); to stick through (e.g. a hole); to force through (e.g. an opening); to connect (e.g. two places)
to threaten; to make threats
how; in what way; in what manner
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
private property; personal belongings; personal effects
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
basic tone; underlying tone; trend; keynote
accessories; small articles; minor character; small fry; weak one
counter for books; volume
addiction to the printed word; addiction to reading; reading addict; obsessive reader
self-control; self-restraint
to intercommunicate; to exchange (messages, vows, etc.)
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
and (also); both ... and; as well as
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
research; study; investigation
future; (future) prospects; bringing (from abroad, another region, etc.); bringing about; giving rise to
to sob convulsively; to heave with sobs
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
to dust; to remove dust; to slap; to hit (with the palm); to use up money