thorough; exhaustive; complete
alone; by oneself; on one's own
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)
attendant; person who looks after one's needs; caretaker
plural; multiple; several
name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
detection (of a plot, fraud, etc.); discovery; coming to light; being uncovered
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
nothing but; none other than
ostensible (surface) reason
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
past; after; too (much); over- (e.g. eating)
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
for no particular reason; for some reason or other; somehow or other
disagreeable; detestable; unpleasant; reluctant
presentiment; premonition; hunch; to have a premonition; to have a hunch
to ask; to enquire; to query
clear; obvious; evident; bright; light
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
failure; mistake; blunder
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
with a chuckle; with a giggle
to a surprising degree; to a remarkable extent; surprisingly; astonishingly; amazingly; alarmingly
arm; skill; efforts; ability
to entwine; to twine around; to coordinate (with); to arrest
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
side; edge; beside; while (doing); in addition to; at the same time