troublesome matter; burden; difficult task; chore; hassle
to live; to reside; to inhabit
stingy; mean; narrow-minded; petty; shabby; poor
substance; essence; substantive; substantial; in essence; in effect
profit; earnings; stroke of luck
aggressive; pushy; in-your-face
to gulp down (alcohol, poison, etc.); to quaff; to down
name; title; appellation; (under the) pretext (of); pretense
banknote; bill; note; paper money
won (currency of North Korea and South Korea)
becoming clear; coming to light; being ascertained; being identified; being confirmed
drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
to take advantage of; to impose on; to exploit; to enter (an item in a ledger); to make an entry (in an account book)
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
to palm off; to force a sale
tailoring; sewing; (special) preparation; teaching; training
one's personal belongings; one's vicinity; one's daily life; everyday necessities
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast
back-facing; backwards; backward-looking; retrogressive; reactionary
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
to pass by; to go past; to go to extremes; to overdo it; to go too far
such; like that; that sort of
to walk noisily; to walk loudly
to be sticky; to be adhesive; to persevere; to persist; to stick to
chaperoning; monitoring someone's behaviour; watchdog; chaperone; watcher
big problem; major issue; big controversy
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
inveiglement; cajolement; wheedling; enticement
to remove obstacles in the way of one's objective; to take an indirect approach; (lit.) to fill in the outer moat
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to have the privilege of doing
amiable; affable; likable
five-toed (socks); top 5 (counting with fingers)