tearing; ripping; crunching; munching; stiff; starchy; (working) hard
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
sure; certain; reliable; trustworthy; If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly
achievement; performance; results; work; contribution
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
woman's heart; female instincts or psychology
to excite; to incite; to stimulate; to arouse; to tempt; to stir up
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
director; executive; officer; official; person in charge
favorable reception; good reputation; popularity
to astonish; to astound; to stupefy; to flabbergast; to strike a person dumb; to dumbfound
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
staying somewhere (overnight) due to circumstances
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
customer; client; client company; business connection; trade partner
symptoms; condition (of a patient)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
one-sided; unilateral; arbitrary
to shout (in anger); to yell
inspection (e.g. customs, factory); examination; scan (e.g. MRI, PET, etc.)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ...
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
great disaster; horrible tragedy; catastrophe; catastrophic event; catastrophic incident; dire calamity
dripping wet; soaked; drenched
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
beast (i.e. any animal other than man); person reborn into the animal realm; brute (i.e. a contemptible human being); damn it; damn
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
tall figure; high stature
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction