pole; climax; extreme; extremity
flustered; confused; panicked
raincoat; mackintosh; macintosh; trench coat
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
silent; still; quiet; hushed
change of heart; change of mind; change in mental state
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned
to threaten; to menace; to frighten (into doing)
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
screw; key (of a clock, watch, etc.); spring (of a clock, watch, etc.)
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (one's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
to get impatient; to become irritated; to fret; to chafe
women and children; woman; grown woman; wife
row of houses; every house; each house; all; totally
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
achievement; attainment; accomplishment; realization
extraordinary; special; exceptional; non-standard grammatical construction; ungrammatical usage; solecism
difficult problem; challenge
to have a controlling presence; to have a certain aura
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
to find out; to discover; to locate
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
nothing but; none other than
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
twenty-ninth day of the month; twenty-nine days
ass; arse; rear; end; acupuncture point; hole
not having a single penny left; drained of every last cent
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
rope; cord; policeman's rope