monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
threatening letter; intimidating letter
retaliation; revenge; reprisal; retorsion; retortion
running about; making every effort; being busily engaged (in something); good offices
insufficient; inadequate; imperfect
to detain; to check; to restrain
condition; assumption; intention; intent; premise (in logic)
to send out; to forward; to show (a person) out
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
cowardly; timid; easily frightened
price; cost; value; worth; value
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
dawn; daybreak; event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence
to try all possible means
opposite side; bottom; rear; back; lining; inside; in the shadows
snare; trap (for catching wild game, etc.); trap (i.e. ruse, subterfuge, etc.)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
smooth (of a surface); glassy; smooth (of an action, proceedings, etc.); fluent (speech); continuously differentiable
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
for the first time in one's life
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
even if I say so myself; for me (to do such a thing)
directly opposite; right in front
intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; (lit.) the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very
unnatural; affected; studied; forced
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
nervous temperament; worrier's disposition
accompanying; being accompanied by; going with
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality
lady attendant; lady's maid; waiting maid
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)
to become indisposed; to feel unwell; to have one's physical condition deteriorate