being the runner-up; finishing second
way (of doing); manner; method; means
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
thorough; exhaustive; complete
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
image (in one's mind); impression; (computer) image; depiction (e.g. of a product); rendition
smelling of mud or earth; unrefined; uncouth
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
to make clear; to clarify; to disclose; to make public
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
actual spot; scene (of a crime, accident, etc.); (on) site; (on) the ground; filming location; (movie) set
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
to collect; to assemble; to gather
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to anyone; to everyone; by anyone; by everyone; in everyone; in anyone
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly