to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
base (of operations); site; location; center; foothold; stronghold
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
text at the foot of a page, document, screen, etc.
miserable; wretched; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; sorrowful
the old days; the past; former times; the past ten years; the past decade
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
must; should; will (surely); be bound to; will (do); shall
to extol; to sing the praises of; to celebrate; to declare; to stipulate; to express
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
not give a damn; not care a bit
to pose as; to (successfully) impersonate; to pretend to be; to (completely) become; to (fully) turn into
poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse
to take (something) along; to bring with one; to carry (something) away; to bear
there is no need to ...; it should hardly be necessary to ...
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
oh; ah; if there is; as for that; that is
probably; likely; perhaps; a lot of; much; many
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
set; suit; uniform collection; entirely; all; every one
memories; recollections; reminiscence
to cling to; to hang onto; to rely on; to depend on; to implore; to entreat
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
to begin to fall (of rain, snow, etc.)
before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand
changeable; unsettled; inconstant; fickle (e.g. weather)
street stall; stand; booth
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business