unfounded (e.g. rumour); groundless; baseless; completely untrue
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
properly; accurately; exactly; neatly; tidily; orderly
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
to scatter; to disseminate (e.g. a rumor); to spread (e.g. germs); to distribute widely (e.g. leaflets); to hand out freely; to spend recklessly
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
to accuse someone falsely; to make a false charge
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
point in question (at issue)
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
skillful; skilful; delicious; appetizing; fortunate; splendid
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing
to pass (time); to spend; to overdo (esp. of one's alcohol consumption); to drink (alcohol); (arch.) to take care of; (arch.) to support
back and front; inside and outside; inside out (e.g. clothing); double-dealing; two faces (cf. two-faced); outward appearance and actual condition
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
by all means; by all costs
reason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être
to be worried; to be troubled
concession; conciliation; compromise
just one person; only one
to drink; to gulp; to smoke (tobacco); to engulf; to overwhelm; to keep down; to suppress
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
promise; agreement; convention; rule; destiny; fate
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
sweetly (smiling); broadly (grinning)
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
memory; sense; experience
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
assailant; perpetrator; wrong-doer; aggressor
victim; injured party; sufferer
certain; some kind of; some sort of; of sorts
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence