sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
prosperity; flourishing; thriving
assortment; product lineup
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
end; tip; end (of the year, month, etc.); close; youngest child; descendants; offspring
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
underlying cause; indirect cause; remote cause
bog; marsh; swamp; quandary; dire situation from which one cannot extricate oneself; imbroglio
searching for the culprit; trying to find out who did something
relation; connection; relevance
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
official announcement; proclamation
answer respectively agreement or disagreement
viewing as a problem; problematizing
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
being upright and cleanhanded
healthy; sound; wholesome
interest; rights; concession
totally (immersed in something, e.g. liquid, work); addicted
empirical; from experience
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
intelligence or information network
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
famous; noted; renowned; celebrated; well-known
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
to shade an account; to add something extra