setting (someone) to work; employment; using; causative (verb, etc.)
along the river; riverside
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
regular; normal; formal; legal; established; legitimate
how much; how many; however
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
hard lump under the skin (e.g. adipous tumor, lymph node tumor, etc.); grinding against; pressing or rubbing with turning movements (e.g. someone's shoulders with one's elbow); rolling one's eyes; goggling one's eyes; rattling sound
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
foreign currency; foreign money; foreign exchange; foreign goods; imported goods
several years; a few years
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
price; cost; charge; payment; bill; fee
number of days; period of days; daily interest rate
attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession
cash payment; paying in cash
cash; ready money; money on hand; mercenary; self-interested; calculating
money in one's possession
(doing nothing but) eating and sleeping; living idly
to swing; to sway; to shake; to waver; to feel shaken; to become unstable
unable to do (as one wishes); able to do only with great effort; almost impossible to do; beyond one's control; not always turning out as one wishes; not going the way one wants it to
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
a few minutes later; after a few minutes
array; muster; line-up; full force
provisional; temporary; tentative
general; overall; across-the-board
tale; short story; sketch comedy; skit
suddenly; unexpectedly; by chance; accidentally; lightly; nimbly
dress; outfit; equipment; makeup; adornment; guise
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
Moro; Muslim inhabitant of the Philippines; conspicuously; openly; completely; entirely