assistance; backing; reinforcements
house for rent; house to let; building a house; built house
unprolific (writer, artist, etc.)
to run; to hurry (when going somewhere); to drive (a car) quickly; to ride fast (on a horse); to win (fame)
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
tenant (esp. in contrast to a landlord); renter
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
in and out; income and expenses; free associations; run of the house
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
to resound; to be heard far away; to reverberate; to shake; to come (home); to remain (with someone)
public and private; official and personal; government and people
both sides; two sides; double-sided
to withdraw from someone's presence; to leave the room
hundred times worship (e.g. walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time)
wish; desire; hope; prospect; expectation; (one's) hopes
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
some are wise and some are otherwise; (lit.) one thousand blind; one thousand with their eyes open
solicitude; consideration; concern; (excessive) kindness
slander; libel; defamation; calumny; smear
declining; refusal; nonacceptance; turning down; withdrawal (e.g. of candidacy); pulling out (e.g. of a race)
to clash; to collide; to conflict; to meet (by chance); to come across; to run into
complaint; grumbling; objection; phrase; words; expression
center; centre; middle; -centered; -centred; -focused
defeat; loss; failing to live up to (one's name, looks, etc.); discount; loss (on a sale)
to give and take; to make mutual concessions; to compromise
step; stride; counter for steps
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
reward; compensation; collateral; security; turning to look behind
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to insist on; to persist in; to be obstinate
cold reception; inhospitality
The End; Finis; completion; conclusion; providing fully
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
to strain; to stretch; to string up; to cover over (e.g. with tiles, ice, etc.)