blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to shake and untangle; to shake free from
to blush; to go red in the face; to change color; to change colour
even though; despite; when
to grimace; to make a wry face
to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully
search (esp. in criminal investigations); investigation; inquiry; enquiry
to shorten; to reduce; to crumple (fabric); to wrinkle; to make (one's body) smaller; to draw in (one's legs)
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
I would rather; I would as lief do; strong preference
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown; to scowl
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
maintenance of public order; maintaining security
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
completely; absolutely; (not) at all; (not) a bit; earnestly; intently
to get mended; to be repaired; to return to normal; to recover (e.g. one's temper); to be corrected; to get put right; to come right
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
every evening; night after night
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
absurdity; contradiction; incoherence; irrelevance
farce; charade; person who serves tea; short and humorous improvised sketch (originating from Edo-era kabuki)
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
personal grudge; personal enmity
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
from the viewpoint of; according to
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to keep; to preserve; to hold; to last; to endure; to keep well (food)
forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what
depression; low spirits; luxuriant (of vegetation)
unexpressed; unspoken; implied; implicit