middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
connotation; comprehension; intension; inclusion; containment within
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
acquaintance; appreciative friend
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
ordering (materials); placing an order; order
fate; destiny; connection; tie; pretext; justification
advance arrangements; preparatory meeting; overlap (of a coat, etc.); (arch.) making something match exactly
written order; order form
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
meeting; conference; session; assembly; council; convention
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
greenhouse; hothouse; conservatory; glasshouse
in the style of (esp. literary, artistic, etc. works); reminiscent of; attached or stretched on
to use; to make use of; to utilize; to utilise
cake served with tea; teacake
slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
some; any; please; anyway; anyhow
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to negotiate; to settle a matter; to arrange
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere; to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
to give a warning; to remind (a person) of
depending on; as soon as; immediately after; as (e.g. "as one is told", "as one wishes"); whatever (e.g. "whatever is at hand"); order; program
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
gag order; gag rule; gag law
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
hostility; antagonism; opposition
especially; above all; inter alia; among others
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
a person without a single relative
to be awarded (e.g. a prize); to be given an award; to be gifted or endowed (e.g. with a talent); to be blessed (e.g. with a child); to be initiated (e.g. into a secret)
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
commitment; pledge; promise
honestly speaking; in truth; in all honesty; to be frank
calamity; disaster; accident
to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with
having vague fears; feeling alarmed; feeling gloomy (about the future); feeling apprehension
innocent; naive; artless; unsophisticated; pure; fresh