highest price; price ceiling
official proclamation; announcement; promulgation (e.g. of regulations)
execution; enforcing; carrying out; giving alms; giving food to the poor or monks
to find an excuse; to rationalize; to find a pretext
one's field of expertise; one's strong area
criticism; blame; censure; attack; reproach
to be flexible; to be accommodating
root; source; origin; foundation; basis; essence
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
desperation; struggle to the death
pride; self-confidence; thinking highly of oneself; being proud of one's abilities or achievements
middle of the road; centrism; the middle (of what one is doing); half-way; middle way; middle path
number two; mistress; concubine
forcing; enforcement; forced; enforced
proof; testimony; demonstration; verification; certification
boarding; lodging; board and lodging; boarding house; lodging house; lodgings
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
to gather momentum; to gather strength; (for a trend) to reach a peak
soaked to the skin; like a drowned rat
home area; home town; local
spinning mill; cotton mill
good-for-nothing son; profligate son
to bring (somebody into a place); to lead into
to go unpunished; to be tolerated; to be allowed; to be overlooked
court (of law); courtroom
criticism; blame; rejection; flick (of the finger)
dissipation; prodigality; debauchery
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
edge of the eaves; house frontage
to have the privilege of doing
trouble; bother; annoyance