simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
patience; perseverance; persistence; tenacity; energy
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing by ear; ad hoc approach
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
set (of things); combo; setting up; preparing; setting (hair); set (in tennis, volleyball, etc.); set (in a play, film, etc.)
(being) most satisfactory; (being) quite satisfied; (being) quite enough
reputation; (public) estimation; rumour; rumor; fame; notoriety
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
reserve and consideration (to others)
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to be connected (to); to be joined together; to connect (of a telephone call, the internet, etc.); to get through; to lead (to an outcome); to bring about (a result); to be lined up (e.g. of cars)
solely; entirely; only; sharing; together
quarrel; dispute; argument
to bud; to sprout; to arise; to begin to grow
on bad terms; at loggerheads
relationship; relation; terms (good, friendly, etc.)
source; origin; cause; beginning; genesis
loss and gain; advantage and disadvantage
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
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 (of clouds); remaining low (of sales, stock prices, etc.); remaining sluggish (of the economy, market, etc.); hovering (around a low level)
minus; subtraction; negative (number); deficit; loss; disadvantage; drawback
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 desert; to leave
sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break
to avenge oneself; to settle a score; to take revenge
good-value; economical; advantageous (price, deal, etc.); useful; helpful