breaking off an engagement
to be present (esp. during a birth); to be witness to
stripping (of rights, office, etc.); deprivation; divestiture; forfeit; revocation
false; pseudo-; quasi-; would-be; sham; pretended
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
class; order; et cetera; etc.; equal; iso-
emphatic verbal prefix; humble verbal prefix
white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
information; experience; knowledge; observation
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
to have a rumor circulating
to be greatly obliged; to be very sorry
still; even now; to this day
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
to catch fire; to provoke; to catch fire from; to be ignited
at any rate; in any event; either way; anyway
double; double bed; hotel room with a double bed; double-breasted; double-cuffed; double width (of cloth; usu. 1.42 meters); doubles (e.g. in tennis)
adultery; immorality; impropriety; (an) affair
whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")
close investigation; careful examination; scrutiny
to make efforts; to take pains; to break a bone
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
chicken; coward; scaredy-cat; chicken
one's post; one's station; department; bureau; section
insertion; letter drop; things sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
moving tale; impressive tale
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit