declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
will not do; do not; does not
standard; set; routine; decided
to send (something) unsolicited; to send without the receiver's request
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
prisoner (of war); POW; captive
leader; authority; mainstay
a little; a bit; somewhat; slightly; rather
attention; giving one's attention; focusing
usurpation; taking back; dispossession
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
5th day of the month; five days
opening fully; full throttle; full power
fixed date; appointed day
lunch; noon; midday; daytime; waking up; getting up
master; Your Lordship; My Lord; husband
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
in search of; in order to look for
advance warning; previous notice; prior announcement; herald; harbinger; forerunner
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble together; to put together (in a slapdash manner)
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
unmistakable; evident; obvious; certain; beyond doubt
parent; parents; dealer; banker; founder; inventor; (pet) owner
inarticulate; clumsy with words; poor at speaking
outsider's perspective; as seen by an observer
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
to help; to assist; to aid; to contribute to; to be a factor in
keeping well (of food); keeping for a long time
such; this sort of; like this
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (someone) for advice
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
speciality; specialty; special subject of study; sole interest; single focus; concentrating exclusively on
once; one time; one round; one game; one bout; one heat
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)