unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
to talk; to chat; to chatter
every year; yearly; annually
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
abrupt; sudden; unexpected
contract; compact; agreement
bribe; sweetener; douceur
other (place, thing, person); the rest; outside; beyond; nothing except; nothing but
to receive; to get; to accept; to take; to interpret; to understand
Eh?; What?; Come on!; Damn!
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
very; awfully; exceedingly; (not) at all; by no means; simply (cannot)
to live; to make a living; to get on with
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
to hang; to suspend; to lower; to reduce; to demote; to move back
and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless
these guys; these fellows
(cutting) with a single stroke; lopping off (branches, etc.); (cutting hair) short; drastically (slash a budget, etc.); resolutely; ruthlessly (discard, etc.)
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to close (one's eyes); to shut
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)
separate; scattered; apart
all; entire; whole; altogether
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to project; to reflect; to cast (shadow)
to make a mistake; to be incorrect; to be mistaken
how many times; how many degrees (temperature, angle, etc.)
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
if; in case; as for; on the topic of; if that's the case; if so
all members; all hands; everyone; everybody; whole crew
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
government office; public office
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched
duty; obligation; responsibility
myself; yourself; I; me; you