suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
an assortment; combination
grace; favor; favour; blessing; benefit
to bathe; to receive (an honor, etc.)
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
home for the aged; old people's home
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
waypoint (e.g. with a GPS); checkpoint
to get angry; to get mad; to tell someone off; to scold; to be angular; to be square
to break; to snap; to be injured; to wear out; to be worn out; to break; to burst
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to be manageable; to be able to handle
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
head; brains; intellect; understanding
to drive (e.g. horse, carriage); to control; to manage
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
closing time; lockup; curfew
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
one's house; one's home; one's family
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
(following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to
future (usually near); prospects
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
something worthy of comparison; something being compared
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
to toady; to be obsequious
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
(unpleasant) state of affairs; predicament; mess
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
only; merely; just; at most; no more than
upstart; parvenu; jumped-up person