driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
touch; contact; contact (with people); dealings; tangency
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
tobacco; cigarette; cigar; tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum)
a puff; a smoke; (short) rest; break; one dose (of medicine or poison); (brief) lull
to be flexible; to be accommodating
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
strict; hidebound; inflexible; being a stickler for the rules; sticking hard and fast to the rules
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
copy; duplicate; facsimile; cc (on e-mails); carbon copy
performance of one's official duties
to sit at a desk (to study); to be at one's desk; to set to work on revision, homework, etc.
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
abstaining from smoking; quitting smoking; prohibition of smoking; No Smoking; Smoking Prohibited
concession; conciliation; compromise
stopping functioning; being out of service
search (esp. for someone or something missing); manhunt; legally authorized search of a person, building, etc.
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
actual existence; real existence; existing in real life
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
in the confusion of the moment; taking advantage of the confused state of affairs
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
stupidity; ignorance; stupid person; ignorant person
fixed number; certain number; given number; definite number
to well (up); to gush out (of water); to appear (esp. suddenly) (sweat, tears, etc.); to sweat; to feel emotions (e.g. joy, bravery, etc.); to spring up (e.g. an idea, emotions, clouds)
very rare; very unlikely (to happen); scarcely; seldom; improbable; almost never (occurring)
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
to do something by choice; to like; to be fond of
to be unable to understand; to baffle one's understanding; to be beyond one's comprehension
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
firm promise; definite promise
to trample down; to crush underfoot; to kick down; to avoid paying (e.g. a debt); to jump (a bill); to bilk
crafty; vicious; unscrupulous; sharp
hiding; concealing; being hidden; pocket
property; fortune; assets
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled