suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
preparation; arrangements; getting ready; provision; setup; reserving
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
contradiction; inconsistency
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
pouring one's energy into; focusing one's efforts on; concentrating on; committing oneself to
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
that; the matter in question
main cause; primary factor
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
protection; defense; providence; amulet; charm
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to have a talk; to tell a story
rational; reasonable; logical
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
keenly; deeply; calmly; quietly; fixedly (e.g. gazing, staring)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)
and so; therefore; for that reason
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to come to one's senses; to calm down
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
to tailor; to make (clothing); to train; to bring up; to make it seem like; to pass off
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular