occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
considerable; great; important; significant; a big deal
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
service in the first reserve
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
perfect; perfection; perfect game
to become greasy; to become oily; to be loud and garish
fortuitous; luck; windfall; godsend; good fortune
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; grounds
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
three times; thrice; third (musical interval); many times; over and over again
how long; how far; how much
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
economic; financial; fiscal
difficulty; trouble; accident; disaster; fault; defect
to be scrupulous; to be attentive; to be prudent; to be complete; to be thorough
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
well-known; famous; noted; popular; recognized
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
to praise; to commend; to compliment; to speak well of; to speak highly of
to speak ill of; to disparage
taking something into consideration; making allowances; discounting
hem; (trouser) cuff; bottom part; bottom edge; foot (of a mountain); tips (of hair)
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
sour look; surly face; pout
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
disorder; disturbance; unrest
faith; belief; piety; devotion; godliness
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years