socks; sock; stockings; stocking
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (trust, patronage of customers, etc.); to keep (an employee, someone's interest, etc.); to save (someone's life)
manufacturer (esp. a major company); producer; maker; maker (person or device that makes something)
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
detachment; coming off; peeling off; (flow) separation
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
stock (of goods); reserve; supply
your home; your family; their home; (my) home
to drive away; to clear; to scatter; to disperse
to be powered on; to be turned on
reason; grounds; circumstances
being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
(in) dire straits; (in a) serious bind; (in a) big pinch
smallish; on the small side
colon (punctuation); eau de Cologne; colonist; colón (currency of Costa Rica and former currency of El Salvador); colon
acrobatics; acrobatic performance; stunt
(dead) end; end of the line
right in the middle (of); midst; height
to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep
knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge
food; food products; foodstuffs
to buy in quantity; to buy a lot (of); to stock up (on); to lay in
cooking; food preparation
bitterness; distress; pain; bitterness and astringency
articles; supplies (e.g. office supplies); things (for); utensils; goods; equipment
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
only recently; just of late
to crowd out; to push out; to start together; to set out en masse; to highlight; to draw attention to
irritating; troublesome; gloomy (e.g. mood); depressing; heavy (weather); cloudy
to wonder; to puzzle oneself about; to feel anxious about; to suspect; to doubt