to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
malicious; spiteful; vicious; shady and damp
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to take care of some business; to go on an errand; to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet
slip of the tongue; misstatement; verbal slip-up
crafty; tricky; sly; sinister (look)
cleaning; sweeping; dusting; scrubbing
undeserved honor (honour); too great an honour
without any weak spot; watertight (e.g. reasoning); impeccable
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
three times (as much); treble; triple; threefold
corridor; hallway; passageway
to eat (fodder, grass, etc.); to receive (a salary); to receive a stipend from one's lord
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
to run past from behind; to run through (e.g. gate, one's mind)
confident; full of confidence; cocky; full of oneself
encouragement (as an abstract concept); stimulation
to be erected; to be built
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
concession; conciliation; compromise
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
after all; in the end; anyway; (cannot) possibly; (not) at all; (not) by any means
flatly rejecting; curtly refusing; beating easily; defeating handily; a kick
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
to look down on; to treat with contempt; to treat disparagingly; to sneer at