adviser; advisor; counsellor; counselor
(medical) treatment; care; therapy; cure; remedy
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
undeserved good luck; luck of the devil; dumb luck; bad luck
so much; so often; oh, yes!; that's it; that's right; quite
to grimace; to make a wry face
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
to make sure of; to assure oneself of; to see with one's own eyes; to ascertain
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
elder sister; older female friend
interference; intervention; meddling
to thrust away; to send flying
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to leave as; to view as; to maintain the status quo
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
to become misty; to become hazy; to get blurry; to grow dim; to be overshadowed; to be upstaged
hateful; detestable; loathsome
what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind
family; relatives; dependents; household
to choose (a thing) at one's own discretion; to use one's discretion in choosing
therefore; consequently; accordingly; for that reason
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
till; to; concerning (an area of expertise); swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)
since when; from when; how long
plentiful; lot of; much; pile of
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to cross one's mind; to occur to one
to be wet; to be moist; to get dim; to become blurred; to become tear-choked
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
sputtering; smoldering; repeated thrusting into something (sword, needle, etc.); pricking repeatedly; mutterings of discontent; faint sounds of complaint
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
wounded person; injured person
measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion
to have tears in one's eyes; to be moved to tears