harmless and inoffensive; bland; tepid
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
alien (from another planet)
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
pleasure and pain; joys and sorrows
public and private; official and personal; government and people
summer vacation; summer holiday
holiday house; vacation home; villa; prison; jail
ingenious; skillful; clever; deft
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
one country; whole country; hotheaded; stubborn
to suck up to; to curry up to someone
funny; comical; humorous; ridiculous; silly; absurd
to play an instrument (esp. string instruments); to dance
noise (usu. unpleasant); interference (e.g. radio); static; gossip; irresponsible criticism
biting louse (any louse of order Mallophaga); small winged insect (esp. a flying ant or termite)
praise; extolment; extollment
wiles; trick; artifice; lover (male) (esp. of a prostitute)
to pull out; to take out; to lead out (e.g. a horse from a stable); to summon (e.g. to court); to withdraw (money); to draw
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
wonderful; splendid; magnificent
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to become brilliant; to become cheerful
amplification (elec.); magnification; amplification; making larger
to change into; to convert to; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
prosperity; thriving; flourishing
burlesque; low comedy; farce
high efficiency; high performance
silent (as the grave); deadly silent; deathly quiet
to show up; to appear; to turn up
part of the eyebrow closest to the nose
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
(computer) monitor; consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes); program or utility that monitors a program or activity
how long; how much; to what extent
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
large amount of money; great cost