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to save face; to keep face; to not lose face

1

with a half-opened eye

2

master; Your lordship; My lord; husband

2

lack of sleep; insufficient sleep

1

overwork; strain

1

powerless; helpless; incompetent

1

feebleness; weakness; imbecility

1

something to rely on; aid; someone to rely on; relative; reminder; memento

1

to serve; to work for; to attend

1

ago; since; before; previous

1

neglect of one's health; unhealthy living; intemperance

1

to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated

6

to take the blame; to take responsibility; to assume liability; to bear the burden

1

you could say that

1

really; truly

9

to burst into laughter

1

disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment

1

new; fresh; novel

1

to tell; to (try to) persuade; to advise; to warn; to admonish; to reason

2

I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal

6

concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial

5

this month

1

food expense

1

resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability

2

to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on

2

lacking substance and existing in name only; something without substance

1

lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)

1

living expenses

1

original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

1

supply; provision; raising; procurement

2

to clear; to make clear; to be unruffled; to look unconcerned; to look demure; to look prim

2

dissatisfaction; discontent; displeasure; complaint; unhappiness

3

common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice

6

money

3

manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party

1

strange; wonderful; weird; outrageous; mysterious

4

temporary

3

granted that; even if; even though

2

person of doubtful origin

1

low class; lowly (position); humble (condition)

1

money; cash

1

logical

1

by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

2

normally being cold but at some prompt suddenly becoming lovestruck; hot-cold personality type

1

fellow; guy; thing; object; he; she

10

to become loose; to slacken (e.g. rope); to become less tense; to relax; to slacken (e.g. coldness, supervision); to become lax; to become softer (e.g. ground, facial expression)

4

topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news

1

trivial; trifling

1

to mind (negative nuance); to care about; to worry; to pay undue (amount of) attention to (something)

6

to rescue from; to help out of; to save

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