comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; enhancement; solidification
proficiency; mastery; becoming proficient (in)
thank you for waiting; sorry to have kept you waiting
without delay; smoothly; without a hitch
popularity; public favor; condition (e.g. market); tone; character
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
to soften; to calm down; to be eased; to be mitigated; to subside; to abate
brat; kid; urchin; little devil
uncontainable; irrepressible; uncontrollable
order; rank; position (e.g. in a race); precedence
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to maintain itself; to last; to make itself pay; to make a living; to keep going
village; hamlet; settlement
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
territory; dominion; grounds (e.g. school)
possession; retention; maintenance
latest; most recent; nearest (in time)
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
common knowledge; being well-known; making (something) well-known
rural area; countryside; the sticks; hometown
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
itchy; creepy; feeling uneasy
hard-boiled (person, style, etc.); tough; hard-boiled fiction
tranquil; calm; restful; peaceful; quiet
to be ordered (to do); to be charged with (a duty); to be assigned (a job)
to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
guess; conjecture; surmise
frequency (of occurrence)
friction; discord; strife
cowardice; timidity; bashfulness
to add (to); to add on; to append