paying; remunerative; advantageous; profitable
inarticulate; not making oneself quite clear; slurring one's words; evasive
quick-witted; bright; rapid thinking
personality; character; personal appearance; gentility
since long ago; already; for quite a while; for some time now
maniac (as in rabid sport fan); enthusiast
main cause; primary factor
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
hungry ghost realm; preta realm
rubbish; trash; garbage; worthless thing
divination; fortune-telling; mantic
year on year; on the previous year
honorable death; death without surrender; honorable defeat; trying but being utterly beaten; being completely rejected when professing one's love
person one is dating; significant other; partner; boyfriend; girlfriend
cannot help (feeling); unbearably; must not ...; should not ...; must ...; have to ...
to be sloppy; to be lazy; to be worn out; to be exhausted; to be worn out (e.g. equipment); to have stopped working
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
very (extremely) low temperature
absolute obedience; complete submission
scene; view; prospect; outlook
memory; memory; recollection; remembrance
(telephone) call; ring (of a telephone); shout; call; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call)
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
coward; chicken; yellow-belly; sneaky person; underhanded person; dastardly person
interception; monitoring; tapping
usual; normal; long (of time); old; for a long time; for a while
fixed time; regular time; scheduled time; fixed period; scheduled period
unhurriedly; leisurely; slowly; relaxedly; taking one's time
vitality; ability to earn a living
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
managing (to raise funds, find time, etc.); contriving; scraping together (money); working out (a plan, solution, etc.); thinking out; devising
to spend all one's time doing; to do day in, day out; to do nothing but ...; to pass (of days)
heartbroken thoughts; heartrending grief; overwhelming sorrow
once and for all; completely; spotlessly