specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
philandering; itch for women
large (amount of money); huge; hefty; expensive
repayment; reimbursement; refund; redemption
unrelated; irrelevant; unconcerned; unconnected
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
pupil; disciple; adherent; follower; apprentice; young person
small fraction; small proportion
possessing full mastery of an art (e.g. Judo); initiation into the secrets (e.g. of an art); full mastership
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
point in common; common feature
letter left behind by someone who has departed; farewell letter
(apparently) that's what it's like, isn't it
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
debt collection; debt collector
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
useless member of society; hopeless case; failure
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
to become known; to come to light; to be known; to be understood; to clearly not amount to much; to be insignificant
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
even if; even though; however; no matter how
to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of
in the end; on top of that
aim; goal; prospect; outlook
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
doing something separately (from the group); going off on one's own
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
to be possible to say; to be able to say; (arch.) said; (arch.) have said
clearly; plainly; distinctly; to be clear; to be definite; to be certain
hostility; animosity; enmity
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
gem; jewel; precious stone
that day; the very same day