ahead; before; the future; pardon me for leaving (first)
fast; quick; early; soon; premature; too soon
mom; mommy; mum; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
every month; each month; monthly
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
occasionally; once in a while; now and then
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
business; enterprise; venture; (social) project; undertaking; enterprise
to go smoothly; to turn out well; to do the trick; to have peaceful relations
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
to affect a stylish air; to try to look good; to show off
to shine; to sparkle; to twinkle; to light up (with happiness, hope, etc.); to beam; to gleam
to close (one's eyes); to shut
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is
origin; source; basis; base; cause; (raw) material; ingredient
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
care; looking after; trouble; bother; good offices; recommendation
cast-off skin (snake, insect, etc.); husk; empty shell; exuvia; exuviae
to throw away; to cast away; to abandon; to desert; to give up; to resign
important person; influential figure; big shot; big thing; big one; big game
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
to raise; to elevate; to move something (to a higher place); to put onto (e.g. a shelf); to increase (price, quality, status, etc.); to raise (a wage); to show someone (into a room)
friendship; friendly relations; connection; relation; intimacy
to say enough (as much as required); to say plenty; to say well; to say cleverly; to say often; to say frequently
great love; passionate affair
end; extremity; limit; result; outcome; upshot
worn-out; ragged; crumbling; dry and crumbly; falling (in drops or clumps); scattering
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
whole life; a lifetime; all through life; (the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life