memory; sense; experience
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
unexpected meeting; coincidence
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
to breathe out; to exhale
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; wavering (in one's mind); unsteadily; aimlessly; unconsciously
fact-finding survey based on interviews; oral survey; interview survey
intelligence agency; intelligence bureau; Cabinet Intelligence Bureau (1940-1945)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
insistence; (major) emphasis; stress
absolute; complete; utter; pure; sheer
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
miscellaneous; mixed; unorganized
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
cheap article; poor quality article
fancy goods; cute accessories (often product tie-ins)
coloured glass; colored glass
gem; jewel; precious stone
cut; cutting; haircut; shuffle (cards); shuffling; scene
to inlay; to insert; to plug in (to a formula); to immerse; to trick; to deceive
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
imitation; fake; counterfeit; sham
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
large amount of money; great cost
travelling alone; solitary journey
young girl; lass; adolescent female
unique; matchless; unparalleled; unparallelled; never again
prey; catch; kill; spoils; trophy; loot
to entrust (someone) with; to leave (a matter) with someone; to have someone deliver (a message, parcel, etc.); to send (through someone); to use (something) to express (one's feelings, opinion, etc.); to express in the form of (something)
glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view
persistence; single-mindedness
possibly; by some possibility; perhaps
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends