difference; variation; difference
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
companion; company; tritagonist
to detest; to abhor; to loathe
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
an order of magnitude higher; off by a digit; in a different league; unbelievable; incomparable; unimaginable
open; public; overt; free; unreserved; uninhibited
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
apprehensions; misgivings; uneasiness; anxiety; fear
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
self-deprecating; self-mocking
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
to shade an account; to add something extra
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
mostly involve; principally involve
knack; skill; bone; skeleton; cremated remains (esp. the bones); ashes
losing the means of livelihood
to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
contention; competition; rivalry; quarrel
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
fine article; good-quality item; quality product
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth