speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); payment by proxy; compensation by proxy; acting for (someone else); carrying out (on someone's behalf)
to coquet (of a woman); to entice a customer (of a prostitute); to flatter; to butter up
humour; humor; safety; health; in a good mood; in high spirits
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
award for distinguished service
awarding; conferment; granting; presentation
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
delay; lag; falling behind; falling behind in; lagging behind in
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
yes; yea; aye; (arch.) to be so
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
to become insensitive; to become less perceptive; to lose one's touch; to get out of practice
to speak with an accent; to mispronounce; to be corrupted (of word)
-ing and -ing (e.g. "coming and going"); doing such things as ...; expresses a command; (arch.) to be; (arch.) indicates completion or continuation of an action
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
to live under another's roof; to become a dependent on; to flatten oneself (against); to lean in close to
crime; criminal act; offence; offense
official announcement; proclamation
(looking) over the top of one's glasses; (looking) through a pair of glasses
social unrest; public anxiety
villain; baddie; the villain's part
great evil; scum of the earth; monster; fiend
pronoun; synonym; classic example; pattern
busyness; a lot of things to do; frequent use; heavy use (of); many uses
tide; current; tendency; trend
to spur (on); to expedite; to encourage
audience (with a superior, e.g. nobility)
being present (at the same meeting, occasion, etc.); attendance (with); sitting with; same (seating) precedence; same rank
making; producing; appearance (attire, make-up, etc.); build; physique; sashimi
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
implication; nuance; shade of meaning; connotation
of no use whatsoever; good for nothing; useless
foul-mouthed; foul (language); abusive; greedy; gluttonous
to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of
it says ...; it reads ...; ... is written
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity