reason; logic; sense; truth; right
degree (of something); greatness or smallness (of something); quantity; number; amount; size
to give shelter to; to lodge; to put up; to accommodate
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
discount; reduction; rebate; tenths discounted; tenths reduced
to save; to rescue; to help; to assist; to support (financially); to contribute (to)
extra (charge, fare, etc.); premium; bonus; (after a number) tenths increase
position; situation; viewpoint; standpoint; point of view
motionlessly (e.g. stand, wait); (be) still; fixedly (e.g. gaze, stare); intently (e.g. listen, think); patiently (e.g. endure); stoically
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
staying overnight without meals (at a hotel, etc.); bed without board
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
(overnight) stay; lodging
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to knock down; to knock off
to respect; to honor; to honour; to esteem; to prize
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
to come together; to join; to merge; to get married; to become a married couple
repaying a debt after achieving success; promise to repay a debt after achieving success
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
such ... as; or some such
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
to push up (one's hair) with one's fingers; to comb up; to smooth back (a wisp of hair)
to jump over; to leap over; to fly over; to fly across; to jump ahead (of someone); to skip over
protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
to roll up; to hoist; to take away; to rip off (e.g. money from someone); to blow up (dust)
imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
in addition to that; furthermore; moreover; by; with
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
to mend; to patch up; to fix (hair, clothes, appearance, etc.); to adjust; to keep up appearances; to cover up (e.g. a mistake)
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to run away; to flee; to avoid (a question, responsibility, etc.); to evade; to win without being overtaken; to hold off the other contenders (until the finish)
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually