suspension; pause; temporary halt; stopping (at an intersection, railway crossing, etc.)
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
to rush back; to run back
saying "Ah!"; making one say "Ah!"; surprisingly; astonishingly
depending on; dependent on
weekly publication; weekly magazine
to thrust before; to thrust at
fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)
to carry around; to carry on one's person
matter (to discuss); item (on the agenda); issue; (court) case
company; corporation; workplace
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
odds and ends; all; every
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to exude (e.g. sweat); to ooze; to seep out; to reveal itself (of emotions, etc.)
stock-in-trade; tools of one's trade
to need; to demand; to take; to require
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
upright; honest; faithful; conscientious; sincere
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to request; to beg; to call; to order; to entrust to; to rely on
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
class; heading; group; category
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
deletion; elimination; erasure; striking out
certain; sure; definite; reliable; sound; solid
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity
to jest; to joke; to play the fool; to act indecently; to be silly over; to talk foolishly
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to be hard pressed; to be at a loss; to become poor; to be reduced to poverty
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
to resound; to echo; to reverberate