shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
modern person; people of today
subordinate work; assistant; domestic duties; servant; maid
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
working; being employed; being hired
to live; to make a living; to get on with
very; greatly; extremely; exceedingly; highly; quite
black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface
labor; labour; work; Labour Party
environment; surroundings; circumstances
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience
to set (sun); to become dark
middle-aged man; Buddhist priest
article for sale; goods for sale; main attraction; specialty; For Sale
wealthy person; millionaire
to gain fame; to make one's name
upstart; nouveau riche; new money; piece promoted to gold general
extremely; in the extreme; knows no bounds (e.g. rudeness); boundless (e.g. universe, ocean); limitless
to be profitable (business); to pay; to be in the black
women's language; word used by women
to touch; to come in contact with; to receive (e.g. visitor); to attend to; to receive (news); to get; to encounter
to spend time (on doing something)
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
various; a variety of; variously; in various ways; various things; this and that
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to say in other words; to put another way; to express in different words; to reword; to rephrase
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
probably; (most) likely; in all likelihood; I suspect; I dare say; I'm afraid
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
to achieve; to win; to gain; to attain
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
to fight a battle; to have a fight
to sell out; to sell widely; to sell on a large scale
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
feeling refreshed; feeling relieved
to behave; to conduct oneself; to act; to treat (someone) to (food or drink); to entertain (e.g. to lunch)
to lie; to pretend; to feign; to deceive; to trick
thin (air); weak (liquid); dilute; lacking (enthusiasm, consideration, substance, etc.); insubstantial; deficient