negotiations; bargaining; discussions; connection; relationship; relations
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
reception (desk); information desk; receptionist; receipt; acceptance
strict order; peremptory command
night air; stillness of night; cool evening
naked sword; drawn sword; shellfish removed from the shell
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
to lose (something); to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
fate; destiny; predestination
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
to increase; to add to; to augment
echo; reverberation; sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum); noise; quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell); feeling of a sound
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
fair and square; open and aboveboard; bold and forthright
to think (something) is improper; to question; to have a problem with
smoothly; easily; readily
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
hay fever; pollinosis (allergy to pollen)
curse; spell; malediction
lifting a curse; breaking a spell; disenchantment
environment; surroundings; circumstances
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
whatever way; any way; either way; one way or the other
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
comparatively; relatively; fairly; considering ...; for ...; despite ...
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
insurrection; mutiny; rebellion; revolt; uprising
(animal) collar; necklace; choker
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
deviation; inclination; offset; polarization; polarisation
operation; management; handling; manipulating (to one's benefit); manipulation; influencing
to concern; to be related
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)