cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
presence (e.g. of an observer); observation; observer; trading session (at an exchange)
castella (type of sponge cake)
poisoning; kill by poison
to get someone to say; to make someone say; to let someone say; to let someone speak out; to make a sound
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
obedient; gentle; meek; submissive; docile
(skill of) making funny faces; facial performance
in good health; healthy; skilled; proficient; master; expert
to be grateful; to feel grateful; to be thankful
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
confusion; mixing; merger
to lay the blame on; to put the fault on
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
visit for no reason; go on fool's errand
scorn; disdain; contempt; slight
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
passing each other; missing (meeting) each other; failing to meet; (being at) cross purposes; discrepancy
dark; dull; unsatisfactory; dissatisfying; unattractive; unappealing
to be worried about; to be concerned for someone's welfare
in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
to be branded a ...; to be labelled a ...
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
detective; investigator; sleuth; detective work; secret investigation
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
a question (an issue) of where responsibility (liability) lies; a question of who is responsible (to blame)
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
outrageous; scandalous; inexcusable; disgraceful; shameful; rude
to drop like a rock (e.g. of reputation, power, influence); to go down the toilet
stigma; dishonour; dishonor; infamy
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
to explain; to dispel doubts
reassessment; reappraisal; reevaluation; revaluation