to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
neighbourhood; neighborhood
honor; honour; credit; prestige
to pollute; to contaminate; to soil; to disgrace; to dishonour; to dishonor
alright to do; can do; do not mind doing; gladly do; might as well do
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
quiet; calm; leisurely; distant; far-off; boundless
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
process; course; mechanism
surfacing; rising to the surface; emerging; leaping into prominence; rising (of rank)
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
study; research; investigation
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
arrest; apprehension; capture
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
pharmaceutical (drug) company
to bail out (water); to scoop out
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
(powers of) concentration; ability to concentrate
memory; ability to remember
show (of power, ability, etc.); exhibition; demonstration; display; manifestation
side effect; adverse reaction
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
everyday life; daily life
to sit up straight; to straighten one's posture; to straighten up
to need; to demand; to take; to require