estrangement; alienation; sowing discord; driving a wedge
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
mixture of fact and fiction; half-truth
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to resign (post); to quit; to decline; to turn down
parting gift; remembrance; aftereffect
inflammatory; lascivious; sensational
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
visit; call; arrival (e.g. of spring); advent; news; tidings
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
pre-opening (party or showing)
what percentage; what ratio; what rate; what proportion
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
physical education; PE; gym (class)
study; scholarship; learning; discipline; branch of learning; (a) science
soccer ball; football (as used in soccer)
personal feelings; self-interest
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
to hold a small dinner party
stone weight (as used on pickle-tub covers); weight (as used in balances)
temporary; provisional; interim
to set one's hand to; to start work on; to embezzle; to use (money obtained in illegal fashion); to have sexual relations; to have an affair
guess; conjecture; supposition; inference
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE