attentive to detail; careful; considerate; meticulous; detailed
skin; body (in the context of intimate bodily contact); surface; grain (e.g. of wood); disposition; temperament
cold; frigid; bracing; dignified
to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
long slits (esp. of eyes)
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to all appearances; no matter how you look at it
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
given that ... it is only natural that ...; ... being the case, it is unavoidable that ...; (precisely) because ...; contrary to expectations ...
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)
place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point
study; pursuit of knowledge
of course; certainly; naturally
too; also; both A and B; A as well as B; even; as much as
all-purpose; utility; universal; all-powerful; almighty; omnipotent
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
stamina; endurance; physical strength; strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
nonexistent; not being (there); unowned; not had; unique; not; impossible
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...
quite; entirely; completely; as if; as though; just like
remnants of a defeated army
like; similar to; as with; in the same way
to be haggard; to be gaunt; to be emaciated; to be worn out (e.g. illness, worry)
face; visage; look; expression; honor; honour
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing