abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
to differ; to vary; to disagree
to flatter; to soft-soap; to sweet talk; to cajole; to instigate
skillful; skilled; proficient; flattery
puppet; marionette; puppeteer; (arch.) prostitute
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
to smash up; to defeat crushingly
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
cooperation; collaboration
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
in terms of both ... and ...; from the perspective of ... as well as ...; whether it be ... or ...
to handle well; to handle deftly; to deal with; to manage; to prepare (meat or fish) for cooking; to dress (meat, etc.)
scene; spectacle; sight; view
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
your Highness; his Highness; her Highness
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...
to leave; to depart; to take one's leave
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
reception room; parlor; parlour
to discuss; to talk together
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
inquisitively; pryingly; nosily; thoroughly; persistently; through-and-through
intention; plan; belief; assumption; estimate; estimation
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to run (of liquid); to spread; to blur; to blot; to ooze; to well up (of tears, etc.)
to finish; to end; to merely result in something less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
any more; any further; any better; any longer
pursuit (of a goal, ideal, etc.); search; chase; seeking after