easy; trifling; harmless; nothing of the sort; not at all
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to take on; to undertake; to take over; to inherit; to guarantee; to vouch for
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
either way; in any case; one way or another
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)
perhaps; maybe; perchance; by some chance; by any chance
information; experience; observation; seeing and hearing
to sleep (lying down); to go to bed; to lie in bed; to lie down; to sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse); to lie flat (e.g. of hair); to lie idle (of funds, stock, etc.)
to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside
period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac); carving; engraving; strictness; cruelty
tidying up; clearing up; cleaning up; clearing away; putting in order
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
plot; intrigue; scheme; conspiracy; agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
to work hard; to work diligently
to wriggle; to squirm; to crawl like a worm
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous
one more time; once more; once again
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
privacy; secrecy; confidentiality
minutely; in detail; with particular attention
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
a short while ago; already
depression; melancholy; dejection; gloom; despondency
party; banquet; reception; feast; dinner
carefully; attentively; profoundly; deeply; at length
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to arrive at (a certain outcome); to come to; to end with