smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
insisting (unreasonably); obstinate insistence
chance; start; cue; excuse; motive; impetus
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
pushing though; bulldozing; doing something by force; arm twisting
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
use; utility; effect; benefit
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
absurd; unreasonable; excessive; very; extremely; excessively
article; goods; fine thing; fellow; (arch.) prostitute; (arch.) price
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
plot; scheme; trick; design; intrigue; artifice
to instigate; to incite; to spur on; to set (e.g. a dog after someone)
to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry
rope; cord; policeman's rope
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to neglect; to abandon; to leave alone
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to stretch larger; to enlarge (photos); to delay (e.g. the end of a meeting)
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
furthermore; adding to the above-mentioned; not quite; not very good; lacking