anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
to go through; to pass through; to struggle through; to get through (difficulties, danger, etc.); to escape (through the cordon)
to emphasize; to state emphatically; to speak loudly about; to raise one's voice; to lift one's voice
as a matter of fact; really; truly; entirely; completely; wholly
to joke; to jest; to make fun of; to laugh at; to romp; to gambol
highest grade; superlative degree
brains (of an operation); advisor; brain trust; brain (organ)
careful selection; careful screening; hand-picking
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
exactly; precisely; closely; tightly; properly; without fail
to wash; to cleanse; to inquire into; to investigate; to purify (one's heart); to lave (e.g. shore)
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
several people; a few people
to be settled; to be brought to an end
to find out; to discover; to locate
angry; indignant; wrathful; enraged
to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby
to come back (to); to return to a starting point
extensive; vast range; wide scope
having done that; if that is done; if it is done in that way
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
speech; expression; wording; language
very; much; greatly; a lot of
pure heart; naivete; innocence
cunning; crafty; wily; sly
to talk; to chatter; to tell (e.g. secrets)