to be square; to be angular; to be jagged; to be formal; to be stiff; to be ceremonious
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
real intention; true motive; true meaning
grown-up (manner, etc.); mature; adult
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
partition; division; settlement of accounts; preliminary warm-up ritual; toeing the mark; directing
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
to leap back; to jump back
smelling of mold; musty; putrid; old-fashioned; stale; hackneyed
easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
to exert oneself and win; to gain (victory)
to hug tight; to grasp firmly; to embrace tightly
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
face; honour; honor; appearance; look
a laughingstock; a standing joke
gap; lag; difference; discrepancy; shear (e.g. shear stress)
to choke; to have trouble breathing
damp; moist (negative nuance)
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
to manage a state; to govern a country
to intimidate; to frighten; to scare; to threaten (e.g. peace); to jeopardize; to endanger
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
one's heart; the mind; inner feelings; inmost thoughts; true motives
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
to harmonize with; to keep in tune with; to go along with; to keep in step
to search (esp. a home in a police search)
calculated; premeditated; considered
curtain; bunting; act (in play)
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about