wintry; very cold-looking (e.g. landscape); bleak (e.g. room, street); desolate; empty (of furnishings)
farewell; adieu; goodbye; so long
proposal; offer; request; application
comment (on a website, etc.)
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
same kind (race); homogeneousness
to give; to offer; to lift up; to hold up; to raise
nature; the natural world; realm of nature
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
drawing room; parlor; parlour; guest room
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
all; wholly; entirely; completely; without exception
to pay; to be profitable; to pull against each other
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
to lean against; to recline on
woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat
fortunate error; lucky break; fluke
light seasoning; mild flavour; bland taste
very; greatly; exceedingly
to call out (to); to call; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate; to name; to garner (support, etc.)
this and that; one thing or another
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
close associate; close aide; brains-truster
coercion; overpowering; to overpower; to overawe; to daunt
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
disgrace; discredit; dishonor; dishonour; blot; shame
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
project; enterprise; business; (arch.) act; (arch.) deed; (arch.) conduct
mediation; good offices; influential person; person of influence; (arch.) eloquence; (arch.) eloquent person
watchdog; chaperone; watcher
to become late; to fall behind; to lag; to pass (of time)