isolation; being alone; being friendless
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady
only; merely; but; no more than
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
attitude; approach; move; theater usher; theatre usher
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
excellent speech; masterly speech
saucer; person (group, institution, etc.) to take over a position or matter; receptacle (e.g. of funds); receiver
foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
practical effect; efficacy; efficiency
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
to take advantage of; to follow blindly; to multiply
unbelievable; incredible; implausible
to prevent; to take precautions
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
to hit the mark; to hit the nail on the head
to escape (disaster, death, etc.); to be saved from; to be rescued from; to avoid (e.g. punishment); to evade (e.g. responsibility); to avert
to think out; to devise; to invent; to begin to think; to come up with a plan
perhaps; possibly; maybe; if; in case; in the event that
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
recovery; rescue; recapture
hostility; animosity; enmity
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger