suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
trend; tendency; movement; attitude
observation; survey; watching
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
treachery; betrayal; perfidy
letter (of alphabet); character; writing
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
to look displeased; to frown; to scowl; to look grave; to look serious
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
(if) by some chance; by some possibility; in the unlikely event that; (unlikely event of) emergency; the worst(-case scenario)
gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; irritating; troublesome; heavy (weather); cloudy
innocence; guiltlessness; absence of the fact; insubstantiality; (arch.) insincerity; (arch.) dishonesty
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
from the bottom of one's heart; heartily; sincerely
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
to hate; to dislike; to loathe
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
awkward; uncomfortable; embarrassing
calvaria; area at top of head; parietal
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
hiding one's embarrassment
nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
private; personal life; (one's) privacy
to poke one's nose into another's affairs; to have a hand in; to take a (deep) interest in; to poke one's head (into a room)
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
doubt; suspicion; misgivings; scruples