retirement home; old people's home; senior citizens' home
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to thrust (something) into (something); to cram; to plunge into; to charge into; to delve into (a matter); to go into depth; to press (someone) about
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
explanation; exposition; description; account; caption; legend
next (to); adjoining; adjacent; house next door; neighbouring house; next-door neighbour
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to support (a theory, claim, etc.); to back up; to substantiate; to prove
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
connection; link; relationship
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to be worried; to be troubled
consultation; discussion; discussing; asking (somebody) for advice
seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
to use (a thing, method, etc.); to make use of; to use (a person, animal, puppet, etc.); to employ; to use (time, money, etc.); to spend
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
restoration; repair; mending
proposal; proposition; suggestion
friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
so; like this; in this way
fast; quick; early (in the day, etc.); premature; (too) soon; not yet
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
come; come now; well; who knows; well now; let's see
to torment; to pain; to inflict (physical) pain; to harass; to cause (emotional) pain; to afflict
and; and then; thus; and now; and finally
trigger (of a gun, etc.); trigger (for something); immediate cause
elevator; lift; elevator (aviation)
arrival chime (of an elevator, train, etc.)
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)