dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden
proposal; proposition; suggestion
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
middle finger; long finger; second finger; middle toe; third toe
to stab; to thrust (into); to plant (in the ground); to stick upright
long, slender and well-proportioned; smooth, continuous (movement)
discovery; detection; finding
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
going unsolved; remaining unanswered
seven wonders (of a particular area); total mystery; enigma; conundrum
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
to be sullen; to be offended; to be huffy; to be stuffy; to be stifling; to be muggy
quite; very; 10^48; quindecillion
passing through without stopping; passing by
to apologize; to apologise
to turn away; to face away; to ignore; to be uncooperative; to be unconciliatory
to give up (something as hopeless); to throw in the towel
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
presumably; it seems that ...; I guess that ...; I suppose that ...; one could infer that ...
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
reconciliation; make peace with
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
staying up late; keeping late hours; sitting up late at night; nighthawk
to contemplate; to ponder; to think long about; to turn over in one's mind
solution; solution strategy
to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind
skillful; adroit; craft; craftsmanship; plot; scheme
directly opposite; right in front
not limited to; not just ...