to detain; to check; to restrain
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
old evils; long-standing abuses; old-fashioned ways; old-fashioned; outdated; outmoded
formal; strict; ceremonious; stiff
same row; same line; same file; same rank; same level; same category
book of (trade) secrets; secrets; study guide (to supplement a textbook); crib; key
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
carelessness; negligence; oversight
to chip; to nick; to break; to lack
to trace (drawing); to follow; to imitate; to copy; to reproduce
rolling (something) up by spinning it around; coiling
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
what's what; heads or tails
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
dwelling unit (esp. in apartment block, etc.)
being devoted; spending all one's time and energy on
to throw one's chest out; to hold one's head high
great laughter; burst of laughter
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
wedding ring; wedding band
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
logic; reasoning; argument; line of argument
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
one by one; one each; one at a time
to fail; to blunder; to make a mess; to drink up; to eat up
real thing; original; actual
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first