dainty; delicate (e.g. fingers); fine; sensitive; delicate (feelings, sense, etc.); subtle
just before one's eyes; in one's presence; personally
irritating; annoying; tedious (work, person, etc.); boring; depressing; dark (e.g. story)
holiday; day off; sleep; rest; Good night
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
sensitive; alert; aware; susceptible
arrest; apprehension; capture
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste; (arch.) sudden
rest; break; recess; intermission
school centred on preparing students to get into university; high-level school a person has entered
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
to crack (person's voice); to squeak
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
surroundings; environs; circumference
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
victim; injured party; sufferer
to take (someone) with one; to bring along; to go with; to be accompanied by
I wonder; should I?; is it?; I wish that; I hope that
attendance (on); chaperonage; attendant; escort; entourage
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
to feel awkward; to feel ashamed; to feel inferior; to feel shy (about doing something)
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
place; spot; field; discipline; occasion; situation; scene (of a play, movie, etc.)
earnings from a part-time job