honesty; integrity; purity and unselfishness
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to speak ill of; to disparage
estimation; criticism; comment
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
inside and outside; interior and exterior; inside and outside the country; home and abroad; around; about
circulation; dissemination
to believe implicitly; to believe firmly
neighboring countries; surrounding countries
dominion; territory; possession
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to exterminate; to eradicate; to wipe out; to let (fire) go out; to let die (e.g. flowers); to run out of
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
to distinguish oneself; to stand out
a cut above the rest; superior; one field; one matter; suitably; reasonably
deplorable; regrettable; disappointing; vexing; unfortunate
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
failure (in an examination); failing to advance (to the next year); falling short of the standard; not making the grade
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
no matter what; whatever happens; in any situation; rain or shine
lineage; stock; descent; strain; blood relationship
eternity; permanence; perpetuity
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
important; serious; valuable; precious; serious matter; major incident
at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
empty gun; gun loaded with blanks; firing a blank
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
to induce (somebody to do something); to tempt; to act toward (somebody in a certain way); to handle (men); to send; to forward to
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
taking refuge; evacuation; backup (of data)