uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
claim; insistence; assertion; advocacy; emphasis; contention
troublesome; bothersome; tiresome; annoying
only recently; just of late
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
to be needed; to be wanted
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
claim; demand; charge; application; request; billing (for a service)
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
store; reserve; stock; savings
bargaining point; terms of exchange; conditions for meeting a demand
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
equality (esp. of status); equal footing; equal terms
production (e.g. play); direction
to be vague; to speak ambiguously; to be evasive; to not commit oneself
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
breaking off relations; disconnection; insulation (esp. electrical); isolation
awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion
to breathe out; to breathe; to tell (a lie); to use (foul language); to vomit; to throw up
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to be tied together; to be connected to; to lead to; to be related to; to be related (by blood)
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved; neat; tidy; frank; open-hearted; completely
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
good; fine; excellent; favorable; favourable; satisfactory
great; excellent; very troublesome; awful; tiring; tough
to build; to construct; to erect; to amass (e.g. fortune); to pile up
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
meanwhile; in the meantime
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
charge (e.g. admission, menu item); cost; price
luxury; extravagance; treat (i.e. at somebody's expense)
when it comes to ...; if one were to speak of ...; by ... you mean ...; when you say ... you mean that ...; whenever ...; if it's ... then (without fail)
commercial (radio, TV, etc.); ad; construction management; contract manufacturer; customer management; court martial
with a bang bang (sound of a hammer or gunfire); at a mad pace (spend money, work); with great vigor
mild; calm; gentle; quiet; congenial; amicable