preliminary arrangements; spade work
expectation; anticipation; purpose; intention; others' opinions of one; speculation
about 80%; almost certainly; mostly
seeing through (e.g. someone's lies); reading (e.g. thoughts); penetrating; detecting
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
evasion; avoidance; shirking; recusation (of a judge); taking exception (to a judge); challenge
to intrude; to butt in; to meddle; to be forward; to be self-assertive; to show off
unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with
to become attached (to); to take (to); to become affectionate (with); to be tamed
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
day duty; day shift; class duty (students)
bare minimum; minimum necessary (amount, number, etc.)
to call each other; to call out to one another
to touch; to feel; to get involved (with); to approach; to be harmful to; to hinder
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
close; intimate; on good terms
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
to tear off; to strip; to rob
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
surely; undoubtedly; sternly; severely; having no slack; rigid
personal criticism; character sketch
bottomless (bucket, etc.); unbounded (good nature, optimism, etc.); boundless; imprudent; indiscreet; extremely heavy drinker
good-naturedness; good-natured person; credulous person; easy mark
sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position
surely; certainly; without doubt
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
believable; credible; trustworthy
(a) slight; disrespect; making light (of); neglect
maliciousness; ill will; noxious gas; (arch.) (vengeful) ghost; (arch.) specter
to slide into; to slip into
muttering voice; murmuring voice
with a shiver (down one's spine); with a sudden chill
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
speculation; thinking; meditation
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
before long; soon; almost; nearly; finally; in the end
verbal gaffe; verbal slip; slip of the tongue; using improper words
to realize; to realise; to hit upon something