income; receipts; revenue
expenditure; disbursement; expenses
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
infancy; childhood; tender age
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to lend an ear to; to listen to
essential; substantial; substantive; intrinsic
the same kind; accomplice; partner
duty; obligation; responsibility
to accomplish; to achieve; to carry out; to do ... completely; to do ... entirely
essence; true nature; substance; reality
engineer; technical expert; technician; craftsperson
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
standpoint; position; viewpoint; footing; starting point; basis (e.g. of an argument)
type; kind; type (of person); (ideal) type; typewriter; typing
to branch; to fork; to separate; to split; to disperse; to scatter
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
order (from one's superior); command; what you say; (someone's) words
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
cautious; careful; shrewd; tactful; prudent; faultless
commencing with; including
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
right away; without delay; as soon as possible; very soon
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable
to fling; to throw off (clothes); to kick off (boots)
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
preference; priority; precedence
to be upset; to lose one's composure; to lose self-control; to put in disorder; to mess up; to disturb
thought; consideration; thinking
to go around; to return; to surround; to concern (usu. of disputes)
to take (seat, position, course, office, etc.); to assume; to ascend (the throne); to accede; to start (on a journey); to commence
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
towards (a destination); for the purpose of; with the goal of; targeting (a group, a demographic)
advanced level; high grade; senior
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
impossible; unlikely; improbable
somehow; how; in what way; why; what kind of
coming; going; being (somewhere); come; go; stay
difficult to ...; hard to ...
woman; female; feminine gender
marriage partner; spouse; wife-to-be; husband-to-be; future spouse
branch (of a river); tributary; branch; offshoot; something not mainstream