himself; yourself; herself
clientele; customer stratum
woman; lady; adult female
food and drink; eating and drinking
(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
binder; clipboard; binding machine (wheat, etc.); binder
guidance; lead; guide; primer; influence; connections
to read thoroughly; to read repeatedly; to express (e.g. emotion in poetry); to read (extra meaning) into (something); to fetch (e.g. CPU inst.); to read (data into a system)
company secret; industrial secret; trade secret
as (much) as possible; as (far) as possible
to come of age; to become an adult; to become fully qualified; to stand on one's own
to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
to deceive; to blind the eyes of
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
freely; at liberty; at will; as one likes
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
extravagant spending; wasteful spending; splurging; squandering
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
stubbornness; obstinacy; disposition; nature; appetite; desire
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
to get complicated; to grow worse; to turn sour
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
humanity; sidewalk; footpath; human realm
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
belief; faith; conviction
proper; respectable; decent; honest
to go astray; to become corrupt; to go bad
capital; funds; seed money; asset
to yield; to give in; to bend (knee, etc.); to subdue; to overpower; (arch.) to feel down
had better ...; may as well ...
private opinion; personal view; personal opinion
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)
belief that where there's a will, there's a way
studies; schoolwork; classwork
tap-tap; knock-knock; cough-cough; bark (of a fox); yelp; heavily (e.g. of snow falling)
ferocious; fierce; truculent; savage
spirit; soul; drive; vigor; vigour