concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
good luck; fortune; happiness; harvest; yield
unhappiness; sorrow; misfortune; death (usu. of a relative); bereavement
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
useless; vain; aimless; idle
strong-willed; strong of heart
wealthy; rich; affluent; well-off
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
source of amusement; plaything
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
although I say; although one might say; although called
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
to decrease (in size or number); to diminish; to abate
to faint; to lose consciousness; to be in a daze; to feel overwhelmed; to feel exhausted
to dismiss (an employee); to discharge; to divorce one's wife; to give a holiday; to give vacation time
telling (on someone); tattling; snitching
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
manual piecework done at home
house in an alley; rear tenement
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
side job (outside of one's main employment); side gig; homeworking; simple job carried out at home; (secretly) working on something unrelated to the class (or conference, etc.) one is attending
to make up (a deficiency); to supplement; to add to; to put towards
(being) empty-handed; lapse of manners of paying a visit without taking a gift
to grumble; to be unsettled; to grizzle
mangy cur; low animal; beast
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to steal another's spouse; to steal another's lover
to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind
to lead; to take the lead (in doing something); to precede; to go before; to die before (esp. one's spouse, parents, etc.); to be a prerequisite
damn it!; dang it!; darn it!; bring it on!
when one finds a moment; when one can find the time
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
to raise; to rear; to train; to teach; to promote the growth of; to nurture
to raise (to maturity); to bring up; to rear; to train; to educate
to look (stare) back at (someone); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to put a person to shame; to look back (behind oneself)
small (of a grain or berry, etc.); small (in stature); limited (in abilities)
hesitation; wavering; faltering; balking; recoil; flinching
present (brought by a visitor); gift
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
fellow women; between women; among women; woman-to-woman
to be obsessive (about); to be overly concerned (with); to be particular (about); to pay special attention (to); to get stuck; to be obstructed
show; display; pretensions; pose; posture
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
obedient; meek; honest; frank; straight (e.g. hair); without peculiarity
to; for; from the standpoint of; as far as ... is concerned