jumping straight to the business, ...; I know this is abrupt, but ...; let's skip the pleasantries; getting to the point
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
consideration; inquiry; enquiry; investigation; study
relay; hook-up; relay broadcasting
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
doomed (business, trade, etc.); in a bad state; poor
long ago; already; a long time ago
in accordance with plans; just as planned
widow; divorced woman not remarried; unmarried woman
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
to take part in (usu. something bad); to be a party to; to have a hand in
place; room; margin; scope
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
in; on; at (place); as for; regarding
to be spattered by blood from one's victim; to suffer a reaction; to receive a backlash
changing clothes; change of clothes
mobile home; trailer house; house trailer
to make sense; to be consistent; to be logical; to stand to reason; to be coherent
love romance; love story; romance; romance story; romantic fiction
ringleader; mastermind; leader (of a plot)
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
to employ; to hire; to charter
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
beyond imagination; unimaginable
pain; anguish; distress; suffering; hardship
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
coincident with; while; simultaneously
sense; idea; desire; concern; attention; care
to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for
to think constantly about; to dwell on
on-the-spot investigation
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
wonderful; marvelous; strange; strangely enough; oddly enough; for some reason
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
bunch of flowers; bouquet
evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)