secrecy; confidentiality; one's circumstances (esp. fiscal); inner realization; personal enlightenment
work; labor; achievement; performance; salary; income
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
fingers; fingertips; underling; stooge; tool
being very surprised; being utterly astonished; being shocked
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
stinginess; miserliness; shabby; cheap; petty; narrow-minded
calculation; self-interest; selfishness
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
self-respect; self-confidence; guts; backbone; pride; drive
true character; true form; true colors (colours); consciousness; one's senses
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
crunchy; gritty (sand, pebbles, etc.)
gravel; ballast; pebbles; child; rugrat; ankle-biter
thick growth of plants; plantation; shrubbery; thicket
to steam (food, towel, etc.); to be hot and humid; to be sultry
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)
desk lamp; floor lamp; standard lamp
plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis
document; official papers
physical evidence; material evidence
within a marriage; between husband and wife; conjugal
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
end; final; end of life; death; never; not at all
robust; brawny; muscular; strong; sturdy
sleeve; wing (of a stage, desk, gate, etc.)
five; five years of age; eight o'clock (old time system)
to finger; to touch; to make changes to; to tinker with; to dabble in; to do as a hobby
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
something; nothing (with neg. verb)
to find out; to discover; to select; to pick out; to look out (from the inside); to be wide-eyed (in surprise, anger, etc.)
binoculars; field glasses
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe