taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
elder brother; one's senior; older man; man older than oneself
form (as opposed to substance); formality; method; system; format; mode
leaping flames; flying sparks; spread of fire (due to leaping flames); repercussions in unanticipated areas; spilling over; impetigo contagiosa
to take responsibility (for a fallout); to accept the blame; to take the blame
thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
even if not; even without
to be answerable (for); to take the blame
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
purification ceremony (performed with water); ritual purification; ablutions
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
conflict; complication; troubles; discord
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
to cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature); to let cool; to dampen; to throw a damper on; to spoil
good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless
to be hesitant; to feel timid
to pile up; to accumulate
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
arrogant; haughty; insolent
to speak to; to give a (something) talk to; to speak words of (something)
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
to exchange (things); to convert (currency); to be in contrast (to); to contrast (with)
to pull (the puppet) strings; to direct things from behind the scenes; to stretch out (and keep going); to linger on
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
person concerned; interested party; related party
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
any kind of; every; whatsoever; whatever
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to be scattered about; to disperse; to be littered (with)
you could say; you might say; verging on the
this and that; one thing or another
fake; something false; sham; deception
natural calamity; disaster
carpenter's square; instigation; suggestion