character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
method; process; manner; way; means; technique
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
forfeiture; seizure; confiscation; impounding
violence; oppression; high-handedness; tyranny; despotism
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
moving from place to place; being passed around repeatedly; rolling about
overhear; happened to hear that
to insert; to put between; to tuck (e.g. fabric into a gap)
to solicit; to demand; to extort
to groan; to moan; to roar; to howl; to hum (engine, wind, etc.); to buzz; to ooh and aah (in admiration)
daring; brave; bold; valiant; intrepid; dauntless
departed spirit; soul of the dead; ghost; apparition
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
first words said (e.g. when meeting someone); first thing out of one's mouth; first speech; inaugural address
sick person; patient; invalid
to imitate; to follow; to emulate
duty; function; office; mission; task
to contract (a disease); to suffer from
specific; particular; designated; specifying; designating; identifying
injuries and sickness; wounds and illness
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated