smart (clothing, etc.); stylish; slim; slender; skilful; slick
to ill-treat; to bully; to torment; to be tough on (e.g. one's body); to treat harshly
to get to the heart (of the matter); to come to the main point
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
out of sight; out of eyeshot
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
complete ignorance (usu. in reference to feigning); lack of knowledge
shudder; shiver; trembling with fear
to be filled with strength; to be filled with effort; to be enthusiastic about; to be tired (ironic)
leaving unfinished; unfinished ending
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
wife; Mrs; (arch.) wife of a nobleman (aristocrat, etc.); (arch.) consort of the emperor
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
both people; two people; two directions; both directions
smirkingly; broadly (grinning)
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
dislike; disgust; disinclination; tired of
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
one way or another; in many ways; in various ways
consensus; collective will; collective opinion
(in) his way; peculiar to him
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
collective responsibility; joint liability
responsibility; duty; obligation
point in question (at issue)
to switch (secretly); to substitute; to sidestep (an issue)
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
reluctant; unwilling; involuntary; unintentional; unintended; unlooked-for