addition; supplement; appending; appendix
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; understanding (e.g. "please be understanding of the mess during our renovation"); noting; acceptance
feelings; thoughts; meaning
stupid; foolish; idiotic; fool; idiot; blockhead
gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
to be oversensitive; to be nervous; to be overly concerned; to worry too much
to invite in; to show someone in
in short; the point is; the important thing is; in a word; basically
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
suggestion; hint; implication
to study (in depth); to learn; to take lessons in
legitimate; orthodox; traditional
duty; function; office; mission; task
privately; with outsiders barred; en famille
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
impossible; incapable (of doing); incompetence; inability; impotence; having no solution (of an equation)
to make advances (to); to woo; to work on someone
open; unconcealed; undisguised; broad; lewd; indecent
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
clicking one's tongue; tut-tut; smacking one's lips (with relish)
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
safety; security; safely; without incident; good health; inaction
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
depending on the way ...; depending on how ...; according to how ...
ardent; passionate; vehement
practical problem; practical matter
open; public; official; overt
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
to press against; to push against; to force against; to foist on (task, responsibility); to impose (one's will)
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
impatient; tantalized; tantalised; irritated; chagrined; chagrinned
wick; marrow; core; heart; pistil (of a flower); stamen
to stare back at; to look back at