treaty; pact; convention; agreement
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
easy; simple; informal; offhand; cheap
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
one-liner; funny joke; gag; quick trick
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
samurai on horseback; (medieval) knight
to be given; to be granted; to be honored with; to give; to bestow; to confer
to conform to; to be in accordance with; to follow (rule, tradition, example, etc.)
snapping back (at someone); lashing out (despite being in the wrong); counterblast; counteroffensive; backlash
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
manner of speaking; mode of expression; way of saying something
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
whatever (the case may be)
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
surrounding at a distance
level ground; horizon; field of view
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)
scenery; scene; landscape
killing time; staving off boredom
answer; reply; response; answer; solution; result
amorous feelings; feeling of being in love
witnessing; observing; sighting