declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
notice; attention; observation
job; work; duties; trade; skill
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to grumble; to make difficulties
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
to connect; to link together; to pull together; to close tightly; to purse (e.g. lips)
alarm bell; fire bell; warning; wake-up call
(as alike as) two peas in a pod
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
simply put; putting it simply; in short
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
or; either ... or; maybe; perhaps; some ... and others ...; sometimes ... and at other times ...
direct control; direct supervision
always; forever; very; greatly (esp. of hopes and desires)
(another's) daughter; young lady (of pampered upbringing); woman who has never known hardship; naive woman
to tell X from Y; to distinguish; to know (one thing) from (another)
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
female clothing; wearing female clothing; cross dressing (for a man)
robbery; pillage; seizure; hijacking; plunder; extortion
light (e.g. aircraft, truck); light motor vehicle (up to 660cc and 64bhp); kei car
four man group; quartet; the Gang of Four
filthy; squalid; dirty; foul; sordid
beating someone up by ganging up on them; facing a barrage of criticism
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
lending (money); finance; loan; adaptability; versatility; flexibility
understanding (of people's circumstances and feelings); perceptiveness; sympathy; wisdom
easily mixed up (e.g. similar words); easily mistaken; confusingly similar; misleading; equivocal; ambiguous
How do you do?; I am glad to meet you
bowl; vessel; container; ability; capacity; calibre
unique; peculiar; singular
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
event; phenomenon; matter