condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
bright red; deep red; flushed (of face); downright (e.g. lie); complete; utter
all; entire; whole; altogether
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
many; much; plenty; hardly
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
spy; agent provocateur; covert operative; maker; builder; constructor
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
way of talking; speaking style
restaurant with only set meals
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
secret; secrecy; mystery; secret (e.g. to success); esoteric teachings
strategy meeting; council of war
head (chief, director) of a section or department; head of a (school) club; head of a (school) team
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
pluralizing suffix (esp. for people and animals; formerly honorific)
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
never mind that; don't worry about that; listen up
to urge; to encourage; to press; to stimulate (e.g. growth); to hasten (e.g. development); to quicken
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
irritation; annoyance; frustration
such; this sort of; like this
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
dots; spots; bit by bit; little by little; here and there; scattered
ready-built house; built-for-sale house
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
intersection on a go board
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene