brush tip; first on a list; head; chief
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
official document; archives
various foreign countries; several foreign countries
announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing
smoothly; easily; readily
of course; certainly; naturally
leaving (e.g. work at end of day); withdrawal (e.g. from a noble's or superior's presence); exit (e.g. from a market)
to bite (at); to snap at; to snap at (someone); to flare up at; to jump down (someone's) throat
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
stirring; rousing oneself
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
to follow another's example
to take into consideration; to bear in mind
fighting bravely; strenuous efforts
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
to spend time (on doing something)
haughty; arrogant; proud; stuck-up
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to keep away; to keep at a distance
to draw close to; to edge up to; to snuggle up to; to nestle close to; to cuddle with; to draw closer to
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
to mount up; to pile up; to accumulate; to increase
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
gentlemanly; well-mannered; well-bred; gentlemanlike
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
top news; front-page news; lead story
it's best to; it's safest to; there's nothing better than
national border; provincial border
rugged; scraggy; angular; gnarled
to be seen from the point of view of an onlooker
fall; drop; descent; coming down
metal fittings; metal fixtures
at once; right away; promptly; on the spur of the moment