scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to wait expectantly; to await in anticipation
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
fast (walking); quick; brisk; quick (passing of time); rapid; swift
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
pretending not to see (something); turning a blind eye (to); closing one's eyes (to); looking the other way
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
element; component; factor; element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
to be; to come; to go; to be (doing)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire