unfaithfulness; infidelity; unchastity
party (of people); set (of people); clan; family; fellow
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
driving off a troublesome person; getting rid of a nuisance
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to become; to appear like; to have a touch of; to look like
groundless rumor (rumour)
to run about; to rush about
to meet; to face someone; to co-star; to appear together; to be matched; to face against
to remove; to eliminate; to eradicate; to exclude; to except
while; during (the time when)
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
number of times; frequency; count
both hands; both arms; ten
to cut; to cut through; to sever (connections, ties); to turn off (e.g. the light); to terminate (e.g. a conversation); to hang up (the phone); to punch (a ticket)
user; consumer; master (e.g. of swordsmanship); prodigal; spendthrift
(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force
at once; immediately; right away; directly (face, lead to, etc.); automatically (mean, result in, etc.)
to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on
taking a story with a grain of salt; discounting half the story
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
to give candid advice; to give harsh but honest advice; to admonish
lately; recently; nowadays
ruffian; villain; peculiar person; idiosyncratic person; tricky thing; something that is more than it seems
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
uncharacteristic; unbefitting; unworthy (of)
to meet face-to-face; to discuss unreservedly
to exchange (messages, greetings, arguments, etc.); to intersect; to cross; ... with one another; ... to each other
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
appointment; nomination; ordination; commission; designation
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
to take off one's hat to a person; to acknowledge another's superiority
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to show contempt for; to look down upon; to have a low opinion of; to cause to fall; to make decline
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to sieve; to sift; to winnow; to screen (candidates)
cannot help feeling that; cannot help thinking that