to pour oil on (something); to anoint with oil; to turn up; to add fuel (e.g. to a dispute); to rev up
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
rash; thoughtless; careless; hasty; imprudent
another's affair; matter of no concern; nothing to do with one
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
explanation; interpretation
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
ordinary; average; common; normal; like the average person; like most people
to find fault with other people rather than oneself; (for the pot) to call the kettle black
innocent; not guilty; harmless
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
wound; injury; chip; crack; flaw; defect
to blindstitch the inside of a fold with (equally spaced) threadings (i.e. pulling shoe lacing tight)
excitement; exasperation; indignation; rage; fury
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
duty; obligation; responsibility
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
to change; to alter; to reform; to correct; to examine; to check
besides; moreover; in addition
millionaire; one's superior; one's elder; (arch.) virtuous and gentle person; (arch.) female owner of a whorehouse in a post town; (arch.) chief of a post town
in all conscience; in honour; in duty bound
to look after; to take care of; to be put in charge of; to be given responsibility for; to withhold (an announcement); to reserve (judgment)
haughty; arrogant; insolent; proud; overbearing
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
form; shape; figure; visage
dissatisfaction; discontent; disapproval; objection; complaint; protest
to repent; to be penitent
to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate
conscious; deliberate; intentional
shame; embarrassment; disgrace
after this; henceforth; henceforward; from now on
that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage
that is to say; so that means