to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
to let go of; to release; to part with (e.g. a possession); to relinquish; to send away (e.g. one's child); to let go
appropriate; adequate; suitable; fitting; worthy
smallish; on the small side
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
fame; reputation; popularity; rumour (rumor); talk
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
bad reputation; infamy; ill repute; unfavorable criticism; unfavourable criticism
free (of charge); gratuitous
fund-raising; fund collecting
soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost
to determine (esp. a culprit or underlying cause); to pin down; to ascertain; (arch.) to stab to death
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
calculating; mercenary; selfish; self-interested
to be prolonged; to drag on
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
real estate with a flaw that reduces its price; stigmatized property
even so; anyhow; at any rate
illegitimate child; secret love child
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
death from disease; death from illness
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
illness; disease; bad habit; weakness; fault
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
to add; to add up; to increase; to gather (e.g. speed); to include; to count in
while; during; performed in this condition
appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
cheating; fraud; trickery; fake; bogus; quack
swindler; fraudster; trickster; con man
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
promising without due consideration
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
room allocation; assignment of rooms