permission; approval; authorization; to permit; to authorize
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
chair; stool; post; office; position
diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door); canvassing
showy; brilliant; gorgeous; florid; gay
attractiveness; charm; amiability
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
seeming; pose; show; pretense; sham; mock
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)
truth or falsehood; genuineness; authenticity; veracity
to hurry; to rush; to hasten; to make something happen sooner
word; word; Word; Microsoft Word
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to carry up; to bring up; to lift up; to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
origin; genesis; opening; start; beginning
to repeat; to do something over again
percussion; tapping; examining by percussion; sounding out (someone's intentions); making an approach (about)
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
taking advantage of (an opportunity); jumping on the bandwagon; taking passage (in); getting a lift; getting a ride
greedy; avaricious; rapacious; insatiable
becoming irritated (suddenly); getting annoyed
to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
to be suspected (of); to be under suspicion (of)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal); to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard