process; course; mechanism
to find fault (with trivial matters); to scold over minor things; to get angry over trifles; to raise one's eyebrows
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
highest rank; highest position; high-end; highest-order; most-significant (e.g. bit)
to repel; to drive away; to repulse; to reject
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
to sniff out; to get wind of
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
clumsiness; awkwardness; ineptitude
significant; suggestive; insinuating; words or behaviour that hints at a deeper meaning
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
rally; recovery; comeback; winding (thread, etc.)
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
reading too much into (what ... says)
to backfire; to produce a result opposite to what was expected or intended
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
to like; to love; to be fond of
to drag into; to pull into; to lure inside; to win over; to entice into
on the occasion of; at the time of
dramatization (e.g. of a novel); dramatisation; adaptation; dramatization; embellishment; exaggeration
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
discord; (on) bad terms (with)
generally; mainly; nearly all; almost all; gist; summary; staying within bounds
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
unaware; unmindful; unconscious; blind; apathetic
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to be clear (of a sight, sound, colour, etc.); to be bright; to be clear-headed; to be alert; to look upbeat; to be perky; to master (a skill)
pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
yearned for; longed for; missed
column shape; cylinder; columnar
steward; butler; court official; deacon (Anglican, Lutheran, etc.)
man; male; masculine gender
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
naked eye; the physical eye
reaffirmation; reconfirmation; revalidation
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; three-leaved; trefoil
latest; newest; late-breaking (news)