kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
clever; shrewd; canny; smart; quick; prompt
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
indeed; really; very; extremely; absolutely; certainly
dubious; puzzled; suspicious
quiet; silent; slow; unhurried; calm; peaceful
to deceive (with words); to cajole; to talk into; to explain away (e.g. unpleasant evidence); to argue away; to wheedle
to stick through; to force through; to spread throughout; to thoroughly diffuse; to make a path between two points; to proceed in a logical manner; to let pass
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
control; management (e.g. of a business)
somehow or other; for some reason or another; without knowing why
irritating; aggravating; upsetting
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
good humour (humor); good mood
door; gate; opening; title page
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
Catholic priest; abbe; reverend father; minister; padre
pastor; minister; clergyman; reverend
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
confirmation; verification; validation; review; check; affirmation
crisp (not moist or juicy); crunchy; crunching sound (of walking on snow, frost, sand, etc.); doing skillfully and efficiently; doing quickly; (arch.) sound of pouring liquid
inner part; inside; interior; depths (e.g. of a forest); back (of a house, drawer, etc.); bottom (e.g. of one's heart)
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
somehow; somewhat; seemingly
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest