making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
it's no joke; gimme a break!
noisy; loud; boisterous; turbulent; unsettled; restless
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
head; brains; intelligence
frank; candid; outspoken; unreserved
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
thousands; several thousand
speculation; venture; stockjobbing; gambling (on stocks)
programme; program; plans; arrangements
interior design; interior; upholstery
expenses; expenditure; outgoings; outlays; costs
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
one's share; one's portion
negotiations; discussions; connection
going straight to the point; cutting it short; as it turns out
Annunciation Day; Lady Day
conception; fertilization; fertilisation
March; third month of the lunar calendar
twenty-fifth day of the month; twenty-five days
long-term hospitalization
environment; circumstance
because of; on account of; regarding; per; apiece
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
doctor working in a hospital; physician working in public practice
to be moist; to be damp; to profit by; to receive benefits; to become rich; to become at ease financially
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
disturbance of mind; losing one's head; being upset; transition; changing; moving
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
continually; continuously; incessantly; without interruption
unexpectedly; suddenly; abruptly
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
pout; displeasure; ill humor; ill humour; sullenness
to become thin; to fade; to grow pale
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing