doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
personal affair; one's own affair
you (people); gentlemen; ladies and gentlemen; my friends
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
depending on; dependent on
beard (esp. on the chin); goatee
to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)
weather; fair weather; fine weather
in person; personally; directly
to make a decision; to draw a conclusion; to give a judgement; to hand down a verdict; to let go down; to lower; to do oneself
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
stickiness; viscosity; glutinosity
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
to appear uncomfortable (with); to seem to hate; to express dislike
as soon as possible; ASAP
disapproval; disagreement; no; the noes; not ...; dis-
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base
infiltration (e.g. of water); flooding
strict order; peremptory command
leader; central personage
feeling; mood; disposition; mental attitude; somewhat; slightly
fortunately; luckily; thankfully
rain intensity; passing shower; streaks of pouring rain
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
dispersion; breakup; variance; dispersion
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
divergence; ramification; bifurcation; branching off
bipedal walking; walking on two legs
to become muddy; to become slushy
running parallel (to); running side-by-side; keeping pace (with)
evaporation; disappearance (of a person); vanishing without a trace
steam; vapour; vapor; steamboat; steam locomotive
to trail (of smoke, clouds, etc.); to hang (of mist, haze, etc.); to lie (over); to linger; to flow (e.g. of hair in the wind)
to cut open; to clear (land); to cut (a path, road, etc.); to carve out (a new career, future, etc.); to open up (a new field)
otherwise; or else; if not
to be taken for granted; to be generally accepted; to be the established wisdom; to be the (social) convention; to be the customary thing to do