with a feeling of relief; with a sigh of relief; deeply (sigh)
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
person of high rank or income
release; liberation; acquittal
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
fastidiousness; love of cleanliness
to be harmful to; to hinder; to interfere with; to irritate
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
head; chief; boss; leader
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
way (of doing); manner; method; means
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing
primordial; fundamental; basic; primitive
to settle down (and deal with something); to concentrate all one's energy (on something); to settle oneself (in a place); to settle down (somewhere); to take a solid stance; to lower one's center of gravity (centre)
letter affixed to an arrow
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to pull a wry face; to screw one's face up; to pucker one's face; to scowl; to grimace; to frown
to make a lovely picture; to be perfect for a picture; picture-perfect; picturesque
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
pillage; plunder; looting; robbery
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
return gift; return favour (favor); revenge; change (in a cash transaction)
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
prosperous; flourishing; popular; widespread; active; lively
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
to damage; to do harm; to disadvantage
care; precaution; guarding; caution
stoppage; coming to a stop; ceasing (movement, activity, etc.); suspension (of operations); suspension (of payment, licence, etc.); (temporary) prohibition
to have a narrow escape from death
to separate; to part; to divide; to keep apart
to give a glance (at); to take one look at
cease-fire; truce; armistice
rakshasa; man-eating demon in Hinduism and Buddhism
experience; being accustomed (to something); poise in a critical situation
noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion; rustling (leaves); feeling a chill; getting the chills