reception (telephone); listening (to a telephone)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
to order; to command; to appoint
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
fee; charge; rate; material
business; trade; operations; sales
to snatch (and run); to carry off; to swipe; to scoop up (and remove; sand, earth, etc.)
button (clothing); push-button
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
to be used to; to get accustomed to; to train; to discipline; to tack (in needlework); to baste
one portion; one serving; adult; grown-up; fully fledged; established
to sweat and slave; to toil away
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to be still half asleep; to be half awake; to be not yet quite awake
to omit; to leave out; to overtake; to pass; to say; to speak
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
position; job; employment; opening
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
to lie down; to throw oneself down
newsprint; newspaper used for wrapping, packing, etc.; newspaper
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
suspicion (of others); jealousy
stimulus; impetus; incentive; encouragement; motivation; provocation
(tip section of) chicken wing; second segment of chicken wing
chewiness; firmness; feel of food while being chewed; challenge (e.g. work, book); toughness
medicine; agent; (chemical) substance; drug; dose
cloth; tablecloth; wallpaper; wall fabric
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
rough (estimate, outline, etc.); broad; general; generous; openhanded
par (in golf); equivalence; face value; parity