how long; how far; how much
(not) in the slightest; (not) at all
to return (something); to restore; to turn over; to turn upside down; to pay back; to retaliate; to respond (with)
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
to pay back a debt; to have one's revenge; to settle a score; to get back at someone
to continue to work; to work away (at)
foul-smelling; stinking; intolerable (behaviour, attitude, etc.); unbearable; disgusting
wages; pay; rental payment
hotel charges (for lodging, not meals, etc.)
deduction; subtraction; balance; ebb and flow; rise and fall
for a moment; for a minute; for a while; for some time; for the time being; for now
tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)
paying one's own expenses
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
to work out; to think up; to devise; to manage to find (money, time, etc.); to scrape together (funds)
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile
be that as it may; even so; though that be so
diploma; licence; license
genius; prodigy; natural gift
live-in domestic service; live-in apprenticeship; public duty; public service
ought to do; have to do; must do; feel obliged to
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
two-digit number; "tens" column; two digits; double figures
to do over again; to redo; to start over; to remake; to resume; to recommence
no!; no no!; no, not at all
unthinkable; unimaginable; terrible; awful; (arch.) very
rough estimate; sloppy accounting; slapdash bookkeeping
to paw (at) the ground; to struggle (using one's arms and legs); to flounder; to struggle (to escape an adverse situation); to strive
university student; college student
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
after all is said and done; no matter what people say; in the end; definitely; undeniably
to have a meal; to eat; to make a living; to earn one's bread
damn; damn it; feces; excrement; damn; damned; very
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom