to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
to be saved up (of money)
hey there; I say; see here
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
human nature; human heart; public feeling; people's sentiments; consciousness; awareness
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
lover; sweetheart; boyfriend; girlfriend
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
main question; real issue at hand
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
to strain (one's ears, eyes); to prick up (one's ears)
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
devoting oneself to; concentrating on; being an ardent admirer of; (arch.) tipping over and collapsing
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
resentment; indignation; anger
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
expulsion; ousting; ejection; dismissal; banishment
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
one grade; first-class; primary
person with a bounty on their head