rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
showy; loud; gay; flashy; gaudy
genuine article; real thing; real deal
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
poor-quality; low-quality; shoddy; low-grade
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)
notice; attention; observation
truth; reality; truly; really; absolute truth
obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
to palm off; to force a sale
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
counterattack; counteroffensive; counterblow
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to catch; to capture; to grasp (e.g. meaning); to perceive; to captivate; to move (one's heart)
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
to sever; to cut off; to suppress; to eradicate; to abstain (from); to give up
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to disappear into; to slip into; to be lost in; to be mixed up with
please; somehow or other; one way or another
confidentially; privately; off the record
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
plain; unaffected; natural; unpretentious; frank; candid
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to have a cramp; to twitch; to stiffen (of a face, expression); to freeze; to shrink (of skin, due to a scar); to tauten
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
bundle; package; parcel; counter for wrapped objects
appearance; (outward) looks; exterior appearance
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
to be silent; to say nothing
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
to throw out one's chest; to be puffed up with pride
still; much more; (not) yet; still a long way to go; still a long way off; not there yet
to add (to); to add on; to append