simple; plain; modest; frugal; reserved
care; attentiveness; attention; consideration (for others); solicitude
well; in good health; safe; free from accident
pipe; tube; gun barrel; gun; cannon; well lining
(not) in any way; in no way; at all
wait-and-see (situation, stance, etc.); waiting to see (how things play out); watching developments (before acting)
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
injustice; unfairness; wrongdoing; iniquity; impropriety; irregularity
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
amicable resignation (retirement); resigning (retiring) from one's job of one's free will
entreaty; supplication; petition
who on earth; just exactly who; who the heck
March; third month of the lunar calendar
first day of the month; (arch.) first ten days of the lunar month
to publish a book; to put out a book
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
shopfront; storefront; shopwindow; over-the-counter
to line up; to stand in a line; to rival; to match; to equal
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
double-dealing; duplicity; equivocation; (lit.) double-tongued
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
fellow; mutual; companion; comrade
to combine; to join; to tie on; to attach with a knot; to bind (e.g. an address)
to marry (of a woman); to become a bride; to marry into (a family); (arch.) to have sexual intercourse
baldness; bald head; bald person; baldy; idiot; moron
to like; to love; to be fond of
money matter; question of money; money trouble
to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
to disagree; to dispute; to fight (over)
nasal breathing; breathing through one's nose; person's pleasure; excitement
rough; wild; violent; immoderate; extravagant; reckless