farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
looking like a ...; acting as if a ...
disadvantage; drawback; demerit; bad point; minus
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
patiently; with perseverance
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
to get (information) out of someone; to extract (information) from someone; to find out (through questioning); to begin listening (to)
to disentangle; to untangle; to unravel; to relax; to soften; to relieve (e.g. stress, tension)
even if; even though; although one might say; although called
shady; underhanded; questionable
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to send; to direct; to dispatch (person, car, etc.); to direct (attention); to turn (spotlight, etc. on)
suitable; proper; appropriate; perfunctory; half-minded; sloppy
sour look; surly face; pout
close examination; careful investigation; investigation of a crime; inquiry into someone's guilt; winner (of the most rounds, i.e. a full game); (arch.) reciting and appreciating traditional poetry
breath; breathing; concord; harmony; steam (coming off hot food, tea, etc.); (water) vapor
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to swallow up (in a crowd, whirlpool, the darkness, etc.); to suck in
blood relationship; blood relative
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
to talk back; to answer back; to retort; to say over; to repeat (what one has said)
hollow; mid-air; air; sky
to stare (at); to gaze (at); to look hard (at); to watch intently; to fix one's eyes (on)
to have (e.g. lunch); to take (e.g. vitamins)
to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against
both; both sides; both parties
having at one's mercy; trifling with; toying with; playing with; making a fool of; leading around by the nose
to move forward; to move on
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
just; right; pure; genuine; truth
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse; to use as grounds (for); to use as a shield; to shelter behind; to hide behind
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
half-crying; being on the verge of crying
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
hope; wish; aspiration; (bright) prospects; expectation
sale; sales; selling; marketing
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
from the place (where); from the fact that ...; caused by the fact that ...; because