housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
person; -er; (arch.) expert; (arch.) geisha; (arch.) prostitute
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
eyesight; vision; visual acuity
to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)
cut end; section; opening; point of view; (different) perspective; new approach
box seat; (restaurant) booth; box (theater, sports stadium, etc.)
(thick) scarf; muffler; muffler (for a vehicle exhaust); silencer
in good taste; tasteful; having good taste; having a cultivated taste
to wear; to be dressed in; to have on
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
washing one's hands; water (or basin, etc.) for washing one's hands; restroom; lavatory; hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
doing as one is told; yes-man
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; one-year period
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
leaf; blade (of grass); (pine) needle; marijuana; weed; cannabis
to affect; to impact; to influence
crescent moon; young moon
you could say that; that might be so
this and that; one thing and another
too (much); overly; excessively
to become complicated; to become intricate; to become tangled
crossed line; crossing of wires; crosstalk; getting mixed up (of different topics in a conversation); confusion; (talking at) cross-purposes
to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth
seeing two people (i.e. romantically) at the same time; two-timing; bifurcation; fork; fence-sitting; playing it both ways
request for a police search; application to the police to search for a missing person
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context