(piece of) writing; document; (act of) writing
practice writing with a brush; study; learning
accent (in French; acute, grave, and circumflex); accent (on a syllable, word); stress
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to pay attention; to be watchful
accent (of one's speech); dialect; provincialism; corrupted form (e.g. of word); mispronunciation
complete stranger; total stranger
worldly affairs; ways of the world
to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
whistle (sound made with the lips)
traveling incognito; travelling incognito
face; looks; vestiges; trace
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
encyclopedia; Encyclopedie universelle des arts et sciences (Diderot)
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
handwoven; handspun; weaving by hand
earnestly; immediately; exactly
explanation; interpretation
origin of a word; derivation of a word; etymology
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
each time it happens; at all such times
to conform to; to agree with; to be adapted to; to be based on
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
to bend; to curve; to turn; to be awry; to be askew
love of; affection for; enthusiast for; being attractive to; being liked by
to think of; to come up with
unthinkable; unexpected; absolutely not!; far from it!; (it was) no bother at all; not at all
well-made; well-done; great success
competition; contest; rivalry; competition (between organisms or species)
then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case
by all means; no matter what; at any rate