interference; intervention; meddling
criminal; lawbreaker; wrongdoer; offender
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
offer; tender; providing; sponsoring (a TV program)
the farthest ends; the furthest ends
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
earnest desire; eager hope; longing; yearning; hankering
guest room (at a hotel); guest cabin (on a boat); passenger cabin (on a plane); drawing room
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
to be (animate); to be; to be ..ing; to (have the audacity to) do
trouble; bother; annoyance
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
evacuees; displaced persons; refugees
to set free; to let go; to release; to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to let get away
natural virtue; personal virtue
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
easy; simple; easygoing; lighthearted; simplistic
simple; plain; uncomplicated; straightforward; simple-minded; naive
public order; public peace; public security; law and order
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
agricultural land; farmland
reclamation (e.g. wasteland); cultivation; development; pioneering; opening up (e.g. new market); breaking new ground
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to betray; to turn traitor to; to double-cross
pronunciation; production of sound
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
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
establishment; creation; posing (a problem); options setting; preference settings; configuration
(private) secretary; treasured book; secret book
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
to escape death; to be saved from death
that's good; that's nice; like (on social media); is that clear?; OK?
(laughing) foolishly; (smiling) thoughtlessly; indiscreetly (talking); carelessly (speaking); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
under (guidance, supervision, rules, the law, etc.); under (a flag, the sun, etc.); beneath; with (e.g. one blow); on (the promise, condition, assumption, etc. that ...); (somebody's) side
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
to catch sight of; to come into view; to happen to see