queer fellow; odd fellow; eccentric person; crank; oddball; freak
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills
to allow; to enable; to make possible; to make feasible; to permit
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
tendency; trend; inclination
being able to do as one pleases; doing at will; pothook
ability to appreciate art (music, poetry, etc.); an eye for art
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to look down (on); to condescend (to)
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
exactly; surely; right then; just then; just (about to); on the verge (of doing or happening)
cut; reduction; curtailment
policy; course; plan (of action); magnetic needle
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
high rating; good reputation
expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture
discarding; firing (an employee)
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
deed; act; action; conduct; behavior; behaviour
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
to be deeply impressed; to take to heart; to engrave on one's heart; to bear in mind; (lit.) to engrave in one's liver
to speak (of something); to be effective; to be powerful; to mean everything
gossipy; abusive; critical; jabbering
single edge (e.g. sword blade)
severance payment; retirement money (usu. lump-sum); redundancy payment
increase (in an amount of money)
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow