to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
maximum; to the maximum degree; to the full
to find out; to discover; to detect
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to catch and tie up; to apprehend; to entangle; to trap; to brush out (e.g. dust, fur, plaque); to extract
nature; natural constitution; innate disposition
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
February; second month of the lunar calendar
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
lost child; lost person; stray child; missing child
long ago; a long time ago; already
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
to pull down; to lower; to reduce; to withdraw
nursing; care; caregiving; caring
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
multicolored; multicoloured; of various colors; diverse; of all kinds; all manners of
strictly; severely; fully; closely; tightly
how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio
article; news story; report; account
gum; rubber; eraser; condom
use; application; employment; utilization; utilisation
recommendation; endorsement
to set one's mind on doing; to get the idea of doing; to make up one's mind
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
to shut out one's opponents; to stop the other side from scoring
several; a number of; quantity; amount; counting; figures; number
cased; boxed; precious; cherished; girl who has been sheltered from the world; one's special talent
symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship); certain; unnamed; undisclosed
new product; new line (of products)