concise; brief; succinct; compact (style)
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)
understood; I see; OK; present; here
greeting; greetings; speech (congratulatory or appreciative); address; reply; response; revenge
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
to visit; to call on; to arrive (season, time, situation, etc.); to come; (arch.) to make a sound; (arch.) to send a letter
there (place relatively near listener); there (place just mentioned); that place; then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised); (arch.) you
downfall; ruin; collapse; destruction
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
lightly; easily; carelessly
tone (of voice); manner of talking
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; because of; as a result of
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
story; tale; legend; plot; storyline
be supposed or expected to (do); be sure to (do); ought to (do)
plot (of a story); plotting (a graph)
to laugh (something) off; to dismiss with a laugh; to pooh-pooh
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
dot; spot; mark (in an exam, etc.); grade; point (in a game); score; point (in geometry)
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
without permission; without notice
to send (something unsolicited); to send without the receiver's request
to boast of; to be proud of; to take pride in
to start; to begin; to challenge; to pick (a fight); to set (traps); to plant (explosives)
of course; certainly; naturally
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
attachment (to); tenacity of purpose