hired



acquitted, chartered, discharged, employed, expended, hireling, leased, let, liquidated, mercenary, paid, paid in full, postpaid, prepaid, receipted,









   sober - Spartan, abstinent, aristocratic, ascetic, ashen, ashy, august, austere, awe-inspiring, balanced, bald, bare, blackish, bland, calm,

   because of that - accordingly, consequently, ergo, hence, then, thence, therefore, thus, whence, wherefore ,

   go-between - Hermes, Mercury, agent, appliance, arbitrator, broker, carrier, commentator, connection, contact, contrivance, courier, creature, critic, cryptologist,

   plater - entry, favourite, pony, racer, stable, steeplechaser, string ,

   treat with reserve - challenge, contest, dispute, distrust, doubt, mistrust, query, question, scruple, suspect ,

   nag at - beset, besiege, blandish, bug, buttonhole, cajole, coax, dun, importune, nag, pester, pick, plague, ply, press,

   tranquillity - abnegation, abstinence, arrangement, array, awful silence, blank mind, blankness, calm, calm disposition, calm of mind, calmness, comfort, composure, concord, conservatism,

   rabble-rouse - debate, declaim, demagogue, harangue, hold forth, mouth, orate, rant, read, recite, spiel, spout ,

   hot as hell - ardent, baking, blistering, boiling, burning, ebullient, feverish, flushed, grilling, heated, hot, overheated, roasting, scalding, scorching,

   councillor - alderman, chancellor, city father, city manager, commissar, commissioner, councilman, elder, envoy, headman, legislator, magistrate, mayor, minister, minister of state,