standing by; awaiting an opportunity; being on alert
normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
how; in what way; how about
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
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
seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy
occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
genuine article; real thing; real deal
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
difficult; hard; impossible; unfeasible; fussy; particular; gloomy
fallen hair; combings; hair left on comb
claw sharpening; scratching post (for cats); claw sharpener
habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality
to harm; to hurt; to injure; to fail to ...; to miss one's opportunity to ...
that is to say; so that means
cat lover; ailurophile; love of cats
study; research; investigation
correction; rectification; mending; repair
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
system; organization; organisation; imperial command; laws; regulation
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
regular customer; valued client
king; queen; monarch; the Crown (as a focus of authority in the UK, etc.); the throne
favorite; favourite; habitually used
to learn; to acquire knowledge; to carry; to wear (clothes, etc.); to put on
authority; power; influence
financial power; financial means; wealth
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
when it becomes; when it comes to
bribe; sweetener; douceur
transactions; dealings; business
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
use; utilization; utilisation; application
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
will; probably; may; I think; surely; I hope
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful