activity (esp. energetic or successful); great efforts; active participation; walking about with great vigor
to long for; to yearn for; to hanker after; to be attracted by; to be drawn to; to aspire to
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
one's post; place of work; workplace
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
devastating; catastrophic; crushing
professional; person good at a particular job; person who does their job without mistakes
first-class; first-rate; characteristic (of); peculiar (to); school (e.g. of flower arrangement); one flag
dirty; filthy; disordered; messy; indecent (language, etc.); dirty
to defeat (someone) in an argument; to argue (someone) down; to confute (someone); to refute (someone)
two rooms and a combination dining-kitchen
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
step; stride; counter for steps
one cause; one reason; one factor
bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them
company; corporation; firm; one's workplace
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
to show; to bare (the teeth)
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to be out of alignment; to get dislodged; to deviate
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
late at night; at a late hour
everyday conversation; day-to-day conversation
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
single-mother household; fatherless family
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to pour into; to wash down (food); to insert (e.g. into a data stream); to integrate
hollow; cavity; dent; depression
to get between; to be caught in
rescue squad; rescue party
meow; miaow; cat; kitty; pussy cat
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
information; (brief) notice; letting someone know; first report; initial report
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
narrow; tight; formal; stiff; constrained; uncomfortable