not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting (failing) to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence
financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time
to boil; to heat; to excite; (arch.) to melt (metal)
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
to pierce; to penetrate; to sting (wound or sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (with vice); to be steeped (with prejudice)
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
mark; guide; purpose; aim; sight (on a firearm)
picking; collecting; harvesting
to study; to complete (a course); to order (one's life); to repair (a fault one has committed)
restorative; smelling salts
convenient; useful; finding useful; coming in handy; (priceless) treasure
swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion); relaxedly
bodily build; degree of fleshiness
poor health; ill health; unhealthy
moderate; reserved; conservative; humble; mild-mannered; self-effacing
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
to add (numbers); to add (something); to top up (with something); to take care of (e.g. one's business)
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
to wear; to be dressed in; to be adorned in; to clad oneself with
to be violated; to be corrupted; to be polluted; to be stained
head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
master and servant; lord and retainer; employer and employee
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
to pay attention to another's needs; to attend to; to fuss about; to take into consideration
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
leading aristocrat; great house; grand seigneur; boyar
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
companion; partner; spouse