to run about; to rush about
personal combat; one-to-one fight
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
largest class; top category
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
under control (e.g. of territory)
magnification; enlargement; expansion; amplification
political measures; policy
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
young lady of noble birth; princess (esp. in Western contexts, tales, etc.); girl; small; cute; (arch.) prostitute
companion; follower; attendant; retinue
(political) power; authority; influence
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
domestic and foreign; inside and outside the country
to make a thundering sound; to make roar
substance; essence; real (in economics, vs. nominal, e.g. real interest rate); substantive; substantial
way of asking; way of listening; listener
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
physical condition; state of health
deadly serious; deadly earnest
fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
junction; crossroads; division point; parting of ways
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
outward appearance; ostensible; public; official
to descend (e.g. a mountain); to go down; to alight (e.g. from bus); to get off; to step down; to retire; to be granted
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
prudish; strait-laced; boring; square
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
womanly; ladylike; feminine
absent-mindedly; vacantly; idly; in a whisper
to raise; to lift; to hang up; to raise prices (artificially, deliberately)
inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
to draw near; to draw closer; to press (e.g. for an answer); to hound
quarrel; dispute; argument
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to say to each other; to exchange (jokes, comments, etc.); to quarrel; to dispute