bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
great person; distinguished person; outstanding figure; giant; person of high caliber
scheme; plot; artifice; stratagem; trick
how about ...?; what about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
won't (hasn't, isn't, doesn't, etc.); won't you
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
to begin to walk; to set out
bygones; the past; past event
minute; detailed; careful; scrupulous; thorough
to continue to work; to work away (at)
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
to collect one's thoughts; to gather one's thoughts; to put one's ideas in order
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to a greater or lesser extent (degree); more or less
making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence
to trick; to cheat; to deceive
(much) more than others; exceedingly; extremely; unusually
wholly (due to); entirely; solely; earnestly; intently; sincerely
(town) market; (street) market; marketplace
to recognize (by sound); to identify; to differentiate (voices, sounds, etc.); to (listen and) understand; to listen to reason; to be reasonable
to straighten up; to sit upright
scar; spasm; twitch; cramp
(set of) facial features; looks
writing off (a debt); cancellation; balancing the books; cancelling out (gains or losses); making even; making up (for)
dramatic decrease; sharp drop; sudden fall
implication; hidden meaning; latitude; atmosphere; tone; sentiment
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to cause trouble; to cause a disturbance
estrangement; alienation; disaffection; (customer) churn; attrition
including (a cost) in a total calculation; appropriating (a sum of money); recording; allocating; booking
predominance; superiority; ascendancy; advantage; supremacy
elimination (of a person, group, etc.); killing off; denial (of an opinion, fact, etc.); ignoring; erasure (of writing); rubbing out
wind and waves; discord; trouble; hardships
to finish; to end; to close
being very busy; busyness
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
to be placed on; to be set on; to be piled on; to appear (in print); to be mentioned; to be recorded