father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
sermon; preaching; homily; remonstration; scolding; lecturing
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to swell (out); to expand; to be inflated; to get cross; to get sulky; to pout
cool; calm; composed; all right; fine; OK
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
satisfaction; contentment; sufficient; satisfactory; satisfying (an equation)
speaker; lecturer; lecturer (at a university or college); instructor; part-time teacher; tutor (at a cram school)
remuneration; recompense; reward; toll
in one's own way or style
betrayer; traitor; turncoat; informer
to wait; to await; to look forward to; to depend on; to need
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
method; way; manner; process; procedure; means
only; just; merely; as much as; to the extent of; enough to
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
thrift; economy; frugality
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
above anything else; above all; more than anything; best; greatest; excellent
to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed
serious; not joking; straight; (arch.) cannot; (arch.) should not; (arch.) will not
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
getting up early; early rising; early riser; early bird
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to hold out; to extend (e.g. a hand); to present; to submit; to sacrifice; to give (up)
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
by myself; in person; by oneself
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
nature; natural; spontaneous; naturally; spontaneously
feeling; sense; impression
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
exactly; just; right (when); just (as); just (about to); on the point of