duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
that's true; of course; obviously
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
engagingly; cordially; amiably; sociably; hospitably
big-shot; influential person; happy face; smiling face; sympathetic attitude; getting along with
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
tightly (holding on); firmly; strongly (built); solidly; properly; well
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
ill will; spite; bad meaning; mala fides; bad faith; malice
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
to lay bare; to expose; to reveal
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
to be helpful; to be useful
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
ingrained habit; second nature
ace (playing card); ace (of a team); leading player; ace; hotshot; ace (serve)
taste; liking; preference
one by one; in detail; minutely
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
player (of a sport); athlete; team member
mediocrity; ordinary ability
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to increase; to add to; to augment
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
smooth; undisturbed; uninterrupted; harmonious
(establish) friendly (cordial) relations (with, between); (form) friendship (e.g. with a nation)
to miss (doing); to fail (to do)
consideration; concern; attention; thoughtfulness; making arrangements; care
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
(someone else's) child; child; kid
imprudent (misguided) fellow
hard-to-forgive; intolerable; inexcusable; unpardonable
head-on; to one's face; squarely; directly; flatly (e.g. refuse)