tentative decision; unofficial offer (esp. job offer); informal offer
slightly early; just before
manufacturing method; recipe; formula
reading too much into (a statement, etc.)
unceasing; never-ending; endless
inheritance; succession; share-alike; inheritance
right (to do something); authority; power
chief seat; seat of honor; seat of honour; head of the table
on the occasion of; at the time of
desirable; hoped for; preferable; advisable
to take another good look at; to reconsider; to analyze; to reexamine
circumstances; condition; arranging; managing; lending money; raising money
appointing someone to a position of trust; entrusting someone with an important position; making much of
(how) many times; (how) often
noisy; confused; uproarious
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
to hold back (e.g. emotions); to rein in (e.g. a horse, unruly people); to get the better of; to control; to command
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
very; very much; greatly; considerably; highly; exceedingly
genuine; real; authentic; full-scale; full-blown; all-out
in turns; in series; in order; by rotation
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
roughly; broadly; generally; more or less
to ward off (e.g. an attack); to fend off (e.g. a question); to elude; to evade; to dodge; to turn aside (e.g. a joke)
to make someone's acquaintance; to become acquainted (with)
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
doubt; suspicion; question; strangeness
in the end; on top of that
hostility; animosity; enmity
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want
interest (on a deposit, loan, etc.)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
pin (e.g. hairpin, safety pin); (bowling) pin; pin; flagstick; (a) one (on dice or Japanese playing cards); first; top
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern