from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
honor; honour; credit; prestige
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
hard (life); tough (world)
society; the world; the times
immunity; immunization; immunisation; being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)
whether one likes it or not; whether willing or not; willy-nilly
politics; political manoeuvre; political maneuver
difference; variation; difference
decorations; offerings; mere window dressing
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to be urgent; to be pressing; to be imminent
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
love; love-making; passion; emotion; affections
relationship of mutual trust; fiduciary relation
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
world; society; people; the public
meddling; interference; extending a paw to drag something closer; (arch.) hand; (arch.) arm; (arch.) disfigured arm
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to seduce
(not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much
to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash); to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing
to disappear (of people or animals); to go (away); to leave; to no longer exist
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
half; 50%; tie; 5 parts; 5%
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to say; to be pleased to say
how many years; how long; what year
clothes; clothing; garments
where; what place; how much (long, far); what extent
throne; crown; government position; court rank; social standing; rank; grade (of quality, etc.)
to burn into one's memory; to sear an image
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid