very thin; flimsy; cheap; shallow
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
naturally; of course; understandably
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
secrecy; confidentiality; privacy; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal)
surveillance camera; security camera
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
happiness; blessedness; luck; luckily; fortunately
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
to score points with (a person)
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
near; close by; within reach; familiar
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; disappointed
in the hospital; hospitalized
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
entreaty; supplication; petition
threat; bird-scaring device (scarecrow, gun, etc.)
analysis; analytical study; parsing; parse
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
mantle; mantle (e.g. gas)
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
trend; course of action; directionality; directivity; directional; vectorial
correspondence; communication; transmission; news; signal; telecommunications
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis
encryption; encipherment; password protection
lively; active; vigorous; animated; brisk
to be curious; to wonder; to marvel
office building; office complex
destruction; collapse; crumbling
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
left utterly helpless; have no one to turn to; unapproachable