company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
small factory in town; backstreet (small) workshop
clerk; office worker; office staff
finding employment; getting a job
living by oneself; living alone
to support (someone) financially; to finance; to supply (money); to present (money or gifts) to a monarch (feudal lord, etc.)
holy mother; birth mother of a holy man (or woman); Virgin Mary
disliked; hated; tendency; smack (of); distinction; discrimination
hypocrite; dissembler; wolf in sheep's clothing; fox in a lamb's skin
sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to bring someone happiness; to make someone happy
stairs; stairway; staircase
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch
don't you think?; indicates question
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
to strike; to clap; to play drums; to abuse; to bash; to consult; to sound out
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
open every day of the year
office worker; salaried worker; white-collar worker
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
person concerned; people involved (in an event); those concerned; staff
warrant; summons; written order
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)