closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm
head; chief; merit; strong point; superiority; major
influence; power; might; strength; potency; force
support; backing; patronage
not only ... (but also); not merely; as well as; furthermore; besides; moreover
dispute; conflict; trouble; strife
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
laying the groundwork; behind-the-scenes maneuvering; consensus-building process; digging around the roots of a tree (before transplanting)
difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
swallowing; understanding; apprehension
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
to jump down; to jump off; to jump from; to jump out of
duty; function; office; mission; task
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
counter for articles; counter for military units; individual
(wet) cough; (sound of) coughing
extremely spicy; fiery hot; extremely harsh (criticism, review, etc.); scathing
to use (in cooking); to mix (in)
bag; sack; skin of an orange (and other like fruits); dead end; plot of land surrounded by water
mineral dust; mine dust; fine particles; dust
young girl; lass; adolescent female
(navigable) canal; waterway
to run through; to run past
fabrication; forgery; falsehood; hoax
head house (family); birthplace; originator
to be evident; to be obvious; to understand completely
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
to furnish; to install; to get someone's agreement; to patronize; to buy usually from the same store
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to meet (by chance); to come across; to run across; to encounter; to happen upon