influential person; man of importance
outward appearance; exterior appearance; outward show; looks
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
right of residence (i.e. right to go on leasing a house, etc.)
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
lease agreement; rental contract
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession
minus; negative (quantity); deficit; disadvantage; drawback; negative (ion, pole, growth, image, effect, etc.)
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
to injure; to damage; to kill; to hinder; to obstruct
profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
thing that should be (carefully) avoided; no-no; thing to definitely not do; something forbidden; taboo
to give up on; to turn one's back (on); to abandon; to forsake; to dump (e.g. romantic partner)
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
complicity (in a crime); collusion
exchange (e.g. cultural); interchange; interaction; alternating current; AC
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
joint; knuckle; tune; melody; knot (in wood); node in a bamboo stem
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
to go with (a companion); to hang out with; to do together
harm; injury; evil (influence)
to explain; to advocate; to preach; to persuade
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
degeneration; decadence; deterioration; laxness; corruption
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
group with a common interest (e.g. students); club (e.g. company sports club); circle; circle (shape)
to be completed; to be finished; to be ready (e.g. to serve or eat); to be very drunk
excess; surplus; superabundance; overabundance
one's (living) environment
friendly; affable; amiable; sociable; loving company; (animals) taking kindly to men
true state; actual condition; reality
daily supplies; daily necessities; household items; housewares
drop in the bucket; very small quantity; chicken feed; insignificant amount; (lit.) sparrow tears
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread