ulterior motive; plot; scheme; complicated circumstances; intricacies
beginning; outset; first; onset
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
forward; frontward; ahead; rectangular front
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
attractive face and figure
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
pronunciation; production of sound
lisping; poorly expressed; unclear (wording); imprecise (expression)
to grumble about something (trivial)
to jump upon (a moving object)
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
coachman; driver; cabman; postilion
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to chase; to run after; to follow (a set order, a trend, etc.); to drive out; to get rid of; to drive (e.g. a herd)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
splendid; nice; sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); well enough; OK
head; lead; vanguard; first
meaningfully (smiling, grinning, etc.); suggestively; broadly; sneeringly
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
empty; void; vain; fruitless; lifeless
to use a stopgap measure to cope with an emergency
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to hang; to suspend; to hang oneself; to hoist an opponent off of his feet by his loincloth; to turn upwards (as if being pulled); to be slanted (of eyes)
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately