circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
interest; rights; concession
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to die out; to peter out; to become extinct; to cease; to be stopped; to be discontinued
to check through; to thoroughly investigate
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
any more; any further; any better; any longer
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
embezzlement; misappropriation; usurpation
dismissal (from a post); discharge; removal
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to curry favour (with); to play up (to); to cozy up (to); to butter up
to get better; to get well; to recover (from an illness); to be cured; to be restored; to heal
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
weir; bonds; fetters; ties of obligation
settlement; solution; resolution
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
ongoing; in progress; afoot
treason; treachery; mutiny; rebellion; insurrection
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
target; object (of worship, study, etc.); subject (of taxation, etc.)
authorization; authorisation; acknowledgment; acknowledgement; certification; recognition
flight; desertion; escape
(suffering) damage; injury; harm
very great; enormous; serious
promotion; acceleration; encouragement; facilitation; spurring on
offset; offsetting each other; cancelling each other out; set-off; setoff
so what!; who gives a damn?
perfect; just right; ideal
to be dying; to be about to die; to be close to death