absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
study; research; investigation
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
to pass through; to pass by; to pass (of time); to elapse; to have expired; to have ended; to exceed
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
to take offense (at); to take offence (at); to feel hurt (by)
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
to guide; to lead; to show the way; to derive; to deduce
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
inside; interior; among; within; middle; center; during
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
trump card; ace up one's sleeve; secret weapon
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
repeatedly; frequently; over and over; exceedingly; sincerely; very much
to loaf (particularly on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to cease; to stop
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
I don't need it; I don't want it
easy; likely to ...; have a tendency to ...; easy to ...
look!; there!; here!; that is
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
fifth day of the month; five days
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money