unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
sincere; earnest; serious
cares; ill feeling; reserve
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
residence; stay; (job) posting; residential police box; residential police box officer
just as (each) one likes; as (each) one pleases; as (each) one prefers; (each) in one's own way
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
to go on a trip; to go out to play; to go and visit (a friend)
leader; central personage
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
examination; exam; test; trial; experiment; test
to support each other; to support one another
to help each other; to cooperate
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
to choose one's words (with care); to be careful with one's words
to turn back; to go back; to come back; to return; to retrace one's steps
determined spirit; unyielding spirit; will
to be afraid (of); to be frightened (of)
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
to act as an agent for; to intermediate; to announce (someone's arrival); to answer (the door, the phone); to convey (a message)
chief; main; principal; important
limited time; limited-time offer
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
under (influence, control, conditions, etc. of); during (war, occupation, etc.)
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
to assume an air of importance; to be self-important; to put on airs
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to come near; to let someone approach; to bring near; to bring together; to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to let someone drop by
close (e.g. in terms of relationship); intimate
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae