very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
proper; respectable; decent; honest
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
proposal; proposition; suggestion
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
(written) contract; agreement
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
beneficial; profitable; useful; helpful; instructive
in person; personally; directly
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
guarantee; security; assurance; pledge; warranty
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
style; way; shape; form; appearance; state
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
elegance; dandyism; sophistication; affectation; showing off; putting on an air
whim; vagary; capriciousness; eccentricity
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
to look away; to avert one's eyes
to run away; to flee; to make off; to start to run away
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
taking a breather; relaxation; vent hole
riskiness; (level of) danger
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
autograph; signature; sign; signal; indication
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
disqualification; elimination; incapacity; being unfit for one's role; being a failure
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
maintenance; preservation; improvement
inner thoughts; real intention; at heart; deep down; inner center (centre)
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
attribute; property; context; character class, type, fetish, etc.
official announcement; proclamation
defense capability (defence)
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
discerning (quick) eye; keen insight
convenient; handy; useful
on the occasion of; circumstances; juncture