idling; lazing; slovenly; flirting; philandering; womanizing
slack; loose; lax; slovenly; sloppy
with a whack; with a smack; (answering a question) directly; definitively
to fire oneself up; to give it one's all; to get psyched; to fire someone up (with scolding, corporal punishment, etc.); to rouse
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to be flurried; to be confused; to lose one's head
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
in the morning; during the morning
appointment; rendezvous; date
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour
courtyard; quadrangle; middle court
to face on; to look out on to
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
sash; sliding window frame (esp. metal)
gentle breeze; soft wind; breath of air; zephyr
school trip; field trip; excursion; long walk; excursion (on foot)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
presbyopia; age-related longsightedness; farsightedness
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
receipts and expenditure (disbursements)
to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize
private funds; own funds; private property
(not) a single person; (no) one
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
gentle; peaceable; amicable; without fuss; simply
seizure; confiscation; impounding; sequestration; forfeiture
conclusion; end; settlement; balance; harmony; fitting (in)
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court