straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
character (in a play or novel); dramatis personae
baron; Irish cobbler (variety of potato)
to support; to prop; to sustain; to hold at bay; to stem; to check
beautiful face; good looks; beauty
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting
young person; youth; young
light; easy; non-serious; minor
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
generation; lifetime; age
year by year; annually; every year; from year to year
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
to get tired of waiting; to grow impatient
feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
double; twice (as much); twofold
strong point; merit; virtue; advantage
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
declaration; proclamation; announcement
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
inferior species; inferior breed; inferior race
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; material (e.g. for an article); matter (e.g. of a story); ingredient; leaven (bread); cause
appointing to a responsible post; making much of
if you do this; if this is the case
to rescue from; to help out of; to save
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
to be intimate with; to befriend
real intention; true motive; true meaning
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly