claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
paltry sum of money; small change; odd money; pittance; chicken feed
your husband; her husband
way of saying (something); way of putting it; wording; phrasing; language; expression
district; quarter; enclosure; area enclosed by earthwork; red-light district; wide and empty
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
honeymouthed; glib; fair-spoken
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
to continue; to keep up; to keep on; to continue ...; to keep on ...
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
worn-out; run-down; beat-up; shabby; dilapidated
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
but I suppose; it seems; probably; I guess
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
to dispel; to clear away; to accomplish a goal; (arch.) to make it sunny; (arch.) to make clouds disappear
contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
catch; catching; catch; shop tout; puller-in; catching (in swimming and boating); catching the water
to throw; to hurl; to give up; to abandon; to cast (a glance, shadow, doubt, etc.)
to bloom; to flower; to blossom; (arch.) to rise up (of breaking waves)
to fall (e.g. blossoms, leaves); to scatter; to be dispersed; to disappear; to dissolve; to spread
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to sink; to go under; to go down (e.g. sun); to set; to feel depressed; to become subdued
life; lifetime; career; for life; all one's life; throughout one's life
to need; to demand; to take; to require
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
kiss; squeak (of a mouse); with a slurp
to assume an air of ...; to act ...; to affect ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
delicious; skillful; skilled; expert
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
prefix for forming ordinal numbers
returned goods; returning purchased goods
small; little; slight; below average (in degree, amount, etc.); low (e.g. sound); soft (e.g. voice)
diet; dieting; losing weight (through dieting, exercise, etc.)