absentmindedly; vacantly; carelessly
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
dialogue; discussion; conversation; interaction
(instruction) manual; operations manual; basic rules (pertaining to how a job should be carried out); (car with) manual transmission
example sentence; illustrative sentence; model sentence
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
something unusual; something odd; something out of the ordinary
exchange; reciprocation; give-and-take; reply; riposte
uncomfortable feeling; feeling out of place; sense of discomfort; malaise; physical unease
to incline one's head to the side (in doubt); to tilt one's head to the side (in confusion); to be puzzled
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
simmer; bubble out; flow out
tough; stiff; inflexible; obstinate; tired; worn out
to say; to be called; to do
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to apologize; to apologise
to comfort; to console; to amuse
to have; to possess; to own; to be endowed with
sending a ship to the bottom; sinking (a ship); to sink a ship
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
response; reply; answer; defence; defense
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
usual; normal; everyday; usually; normally; generally
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
to denounce; to disparage; to lambast; to abuse
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
to use as an intermediary; to mediate; to assist; to worry; to mind; to care
to return a blow repeat; to turn back; to rewhip; to plow up; to plough up; to come and retreat
to employ; to hire; to charter
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
defending to the last; desperate defence; stubborn defence
traitor (to one's country); quisling