greeting; a fine thing to say
insincere smile; ingratiating smile; polite smile; forced smile
recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back
with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to bend (with great force); to twist; to wrench; to distort (the truth)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
firmly; absolutely; flatly; by far; far and away; by a long shot
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
a kind; a sort; of sorts; something of a; sort of; somewhat
no!; no no!; no, not at all
it is I who should say so
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
to elucidate; to shed light on; to clarify
being excluded; being ignored; being kept in the dark (about); being kept out of the loop; (lit.) outside the mosquito net
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
to remove; to move out of the way
to flip; to snap; to repel; to use (an abacus); to calculate; to strum
stubborn; obstinate; pigheaded
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
to enlist as a supporter; to win over to one's side; to gain as one's ally
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
simple; easy; uncomplicated; brief; quick; light
in either case (used specifically in the instance of two possible outcomes or situations); either way; one way or another
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
truth; reality; seriousness; logical truth; printed style writing; star performer
to shake off; to shake free from; to swing completely (bat, club, etc.); to take a full swing; to break off from (pursuer); to pull away
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to look forward to something
good (place to leave off); convenient
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely