your husband; her husband
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
attachment (esp. to things); love; affection
lingering attachment; lingering affection; regret; reluctance; ruefulness
conventional and uninteresting; stereotypical and boring; commonplace; unsociable; unfriendly; cold
seventh day of the month; seven days
name of a piece of music; (musical) number; (musical) program; programme; selection (of music)
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
thin veneer; hasty preparation; knowledge or skill learned as a stopgap; re-tempering a dull sword (so that it looks as if it's sharp, but is actually unusable)
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
there is no way that ...; easy; simple
childish; child-like; immature; infantile
bulky and heavy; massive; solid; dignified; imposing; composed
to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to put on an air
fourth day of the month; four days
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
multi-unit apartments; apartment complex
whole area; whole region; stretch (of land); tract; belt
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
municipality; local government; self-governing body; autonomous body
receiving; acceptance; reception
blocking communications (from a phone number or an e-mail address)
distress; wretched condition
hiring from another company; recruitment; quick costume change in kabuki (taking off outer costume); drawing (wire, pipes, metal plate)
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
step-up; advance; progress; increase
consideration (for); thoughtfulness; solicitude; care; watchfulness; concern
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
to miss (e.g. a chance); to lose; to set free; to let go; to fail to ...
may I come in?; please forgive me; I'm sorry
from here; from this place
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
vacant land; unoccupied ground; empty lot
light; illumination; glow; lamp; light
to subsist; to keep on living
space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
to point down; to look down; to get worse; to begin to fall (e.g. of a price)