probity check; background investigation
request; commission; entrusting (with a matter); dependence; reliance
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
only recently; just of late
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
threat; menace; coercion; terrorism
one's person; around one's person
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
relation; relationship; participation; involvement; influence; effect
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
thinking; thought; idea; notion; intention; plan
conviction; belief; confidence
to suspend from; to be suspended (from)
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
strength; intensity; strong (e.g. glasses); powerful (e.g. lens); intense (e.g. fear)
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)
landscape photograph; scenic photograph
such things as ...; and ... and; the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; be; is; o
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
above; up; top; summit; surface; before; previous
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
weird; ominous; eerie; uncanny; ghastly
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
to be honest; to be frank; honestly; if you want to know the truth
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
light; illumination; ray; happiness; hope; influence
to shine in (light); to illuminate
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry