first meeting; first interview with
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
main hall; great hall; large hall; reception hall
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
good; excellent; sufficient; enough; profitable (deal, business offer, etc.); beneficial
occurrence; happening; incident; event
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
generally; on the whole; general; rough; outline; main points
to be mistaken; to be incorrect; to make a mistake (in); to do incorrectly; to mistake (one thing with another); to confuse
amorous glance; leer; shade (of color); tint; ingratiation; sycophancy
to use (a tool, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
to notice; to realize; to realise; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses); to come round
many; much; majority (of); greater part (of); mostly; mainly
chance; opportunity; occasion
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
calculating; sly; cunning; flirty; flirtatious
looking at someone (with upturned eyes); glancing upwards (at someone)
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
emphasis; stress; accentuating (a feature or certain part); accenting; strong tone (of the market); firm tone
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
so; like this; in this way; this much; to this extent
dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently; gloomily
to loosen; to slacken; to relax (attention, efforts, etc.); to let down (one's guard); to relax (a rule); to ease (e.g. restrictions)
land near a castle; castle town
cheap; rubbishy; shoddy; roughly made
use of seductive techniques to attain one's ends (usu. of women)
awareness; realization; noticing
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
such ... as; or some such
correspondence (to); equivalence; suitability; coordination; dealing with; coping with
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
knowing; being aware (of); (an) acquaintance
fault; error; indiscretion; faux pas
to exceed; to be even more (so); to exaggerate
originally; from the start; from the beginning; none the worse (for); (coming out) even; in the same position (as before)
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale