price; cost; value; worth; value
senior (at work or school); superior; elder; older graduate; progenitor; old-timer
treatment; service; handling (of a machine, tool, etc.); operation; treating as; treating like
freebie (e.g. with a purchase); something additional; price reduction; discount; exaggeration
on a routine basis; regularly; habitually
recently; lately; these days
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
eyewitness report; eyewitness information
large number (of); many; majority
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
on bad terms; at loggerheads
quarrel; brawl; fight; squabble; scuffle; argument
close; intimate; on good terms
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
to be conspicuous; to stand out
qualifications; requirements; capabilities
pish; pooh; I see; oh; indeed
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
it's been a long time; long time no see
to feel irritated; to feel offended; to feel angry; to feel sick; to feel nauseous
man with a gentle nature; man of delicate features; man of slender build; effeminate man; feeble man
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
astringency; tartness; austere elegance; elegant simplicity; subdued style
quickly; calmly; intently
surrender (to the authorities); giving oneself up; turning oneself in
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
to see through; to see into (someone's heart, mind, etc.); to perceive; to find out; to detect
release; liberation; acquittal
subcontract; subcontractor (person or company)
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
impostor; imposter; pretender; liar
(of a woman) divorcing and moving back in with her parents; (of an employee) leaving a position only to return to it later; (of a ship) leaving from and returning to the same port
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop