deserted (esp. store, market, town, streets); quiet; inactive (business, trade, etc.); slack; idle; free
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
gust (of wind); blast; influence; impact; instigation; agitation
to be imaginable; to be conceivable
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
noisy; boisterous; turbulent (era, etc.); troubled
innocent look; nonchalant look; look of ignorance; air of innocence
to address (someone); to accost a person; to talk (to someone); to begin to talk; to start a conversation
to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
insight; power of observation
nothing but; nothing more than; nothing less than
to wear a mask; to hide one's true intentions
very; extremely; terrible; horrid; remarkable; extraordinary
forcing; compulsion; coercion; pushing (to do)
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
absolutely essential; indispensable; vital; critical
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
indefinite; hazy; vague; unsettled; undecided
sincere; honest; faithful
even; (if) only; just; besides; on top of that
previously; before; first; before (something or someone else); beforehand; in advance
to be at one's wits' end; to be cornered; (lit.) to be packed to the hilt
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
mouth; lips; shape of the mouth; near an entrance; vicinity of an entrance
to begin to open; to come out; to smile broadly; to come apart at the seams (clothes)
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side
member; participant; attendee; lineup (sport)
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
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
theory; reason; logic; (unreasonable) argument; strained logic; excuse
popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for