appearing ...; looking ...; way to ...; method of ...ing; form; style
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
wife; (arch.) my dear; (arch.) dear; garnish (esp. one served with sashimi); embellishment
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
sorting; arrangement; liquidation; settlement; retrenchment; curtailment
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
reading too much into (what ... says)
reading circle; reading group; book club
United Kingdom; Britain; Great Britain
originator; pioneer; inventor; progenitor; primogenitor; founder of a family line
study; research; investigation
entry (on stage); appearance (on screen); entrance; introduction (into a market)
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
one by one; one after another; successively
settlement; solution; resolution