check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
water supply; water service; channel; strait; water course; waterway
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
(a) little; somewhat; somehow
creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring
to stand up; to get up; to rise; to recover; to take action; to start; to make the initial charge
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
to examine someone's expression
to duck one's head; to pull in one's head; to duck down; to shrug one's shoulders
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
you; buddy; monarch; ruler; he; she
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
sunburn; suntan; tan; becoming discolored from the sun (e.g. paper); yellowing
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
to perceive; to grasp (the situation)
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
apparent; obvious; very clear
anyone can see that; it's obvious that
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
hearty; tremendous; magnificent; glorious; splendid; heroic
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
a-ha-ha (laughing loudly)
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
one eye; one of one's eyes
to close (one's eyes); to shut
boy; son; child; mere boy; stripling; greenhorn
and yet; though; when; in spite of
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point