pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
plot; ulterior motive; thing; article; penis
profit; advantage; benefit; rebirth in paradise, entering nirvana
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
arrest; apprehension; capture
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
to employ; to hire; to charter
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
in search of; in order to look for
to show up; to appear; to turn up
book; volume; this; present; main; head
other than; excluding; without
in the first place; to begin with; after all; anyway; beginning; start
meaning; significance; sense
dilapidated house; deserted house
investigation (e.g. by police or prosecutors); examination; inquiry; enquiry
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
decoration; ornament; trimmings
counter for chairs or seats
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
single word; a few words; brief comment
face with no make-up; unpainted face; true face (of a country, celebrity, etc.); real face; sober face; sobriety
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
entirely; completely; cleanly; snugly
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
in deep black; in jet black
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
to show; to bare (the teeth)
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
uneven; irregular; non-uniform; unsorted; odd; miscellaneous
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged