cancellation; withdrawal; asking to be excused; begging off; not taking
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
from the viewpoint of; according to
blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
premarital sexual relations (intercourse)
to proceed in a logical manner; to go through the proper channels
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to blow off; to be blown off
sincere; honest; faithful
to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
finally; after; following; at the end (of)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
stillness; silence; hush; calm; serenity
to read and understand; to take in; to sense from external cues; to read (someone's) mind; to read (calibration, tape, etc.); to scan (bar code)
bed and food; eating and sleeping
plain; unfigured; patternless; solid (color)
resignation; acceptance; consolation
peace (of mind); tranquility; tranquillity; serenity
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
absentmindedness; peace of mind
(random) guess; guesswork; shot in the dark; conjecture
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to throw; to toss; to hit; to strike; to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles)
mess; jumble; muddle; chaos
in tatters; in pieces; wiped out
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to jump about; to jump around; to bounce about; to romp about
to pin down; to immobilize; to immobilise; to control; to suppress
being driven into a corner; having no way out; being caught between a rock and a hard place
severe; harsh; hard; cruel; rigorous