thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance
frank; direct; plain; straightforward; point-blank; concise
abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)
rescue; extricate; reclaim; deliverance
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
to tuck up (e.g. skirt); to abridge; to cut short
proposal; proposition; suggestion
details; particulars; longitude and latitude; warp and weft; warp and woof
event; affair; incident; case; plot; trouble
because of; owing to; due to
to make (good) progress; to move right ahead (with the work); to advance
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
cancellation; liquidation; resolution; reduction (e.g. of stress)
even if; no matter (what); if; though; although; supposing
older sister; lass; young lady
outrageous; preposterous; scandalous; inexcusable; absurd; execrable
having said that; on the other hand
to gather; to collect; to assemble
minimum; (very) least; at least some (comfort, etc.); only (consolation, saving grace, etc.); sole
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
idea; conception; way of thinking; approach; expression
official announcement; proclamation
trouble; quarrel; difficulties; complication; tangle
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
point of a spear; spearhead; focus (of one's attack, criticism, etc.); aim; force (of an argument); edge
deportation; expulsion from the country
these guys; these fellows
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away