suspicious-looking; fishy
circuitous; roundabout; indirect
to say; to be called; to do
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
single word; a few words; brief comment
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
statement; remark; observation; utterance; speech; proposal
person concerned; interested party; related party
to turn round; to face about; to turn about
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
please; somehow or other; one way or another
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to be playful; to gambol; to be amused (with something); to play; to sport; to frolic
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to arrive at (e.g. a decision); to reach (a stage); to lead to (a place); to get to; in the extreme case of; (arch.) to come
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to want; to wish for; (arch.) to request; (arch.) to demand; (arch.) to seek; (arch.) to search for
assistant; helper; assistant (to a professor)
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
to pat (e.g. dog); to rub; to stroke; to fondle
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to guess; to sense; to presume; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
proponent; exponent; advocate
announcement; publication; presenting; statement; communique; making known
by no means; never!; something unexpected; emergency; (arch.) currently; (arch.) for the time being
just like that; quite so; I agree; (lit.) that street
to take a peep at; to catch a glimpse of
reappearance; reemergence; return; reproduction; reenactment; recreation
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
elucidation; explication; explaining; unravelling; clarification; understanding
to abbreviate; to omit; to take; to capture
(good) result; outcome; fruits (of one's labors); product; accomplishment
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
approval; license; licence; permission
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
innovative; liberal; reformist; progressive
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)