hold; catch; connection; relationship; unease; discomfort
overlooking; turning a blind eye
profitable plan; good plan
to pick; to pluck; to snip; to cut; to nip
having said that; on the other hand
very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
to take refuge in; to succeed in running away
the end; closing; being done for; that's it; that's enough; that's all
speech and conduct; words and deeds
early on; earlier on; from early
to waste time; to kill time
passing through without stopping; passing by
coming and going; keeping in touch; visiting each other; street traffic; highway
apparently; appears to be
to watch intently; to stare
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
in order; in turn; one by one
arrangement (of resources); deployment; stationing; posting; disposition; configuration
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear
in accordance with; following; roughly; about; Street; Avenue
to be enigmatic; to be puzzling; to be wrapped in mystery
to be convinced (that); to be under the impression (that); to make up one's mind; to set one's heart on; to be obsessed (with a thought, idea, etc.); to think about obsessively
aloof; morose; stuck-up; smelling strongly of something; having a pungent smell
now that you say that; now that you mention it
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
to stagnate; to settle (at the bottom); to deposit; to become sluggish; to become dull; to be delayed
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
implication; significance; connotation; depth of meaning; complications of a problem
century; hundred years; (fig.) a long time
grey moustache; white beard
grandfather; male senior-citizen
attractive; good-looking; stylish; cool; smooth; neat
new book; new publication