hard to deal with; hard to handle; difficult; trying; intractable; incorrigible
to raise; to bring up; to rear; to cultivate; to foster; to nurture
choosing between two things; two choices
to prostrate oneself (before)
dust; small debris (e.g. dirt, crumbs); trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit
all right; very well; there, there; patting (e.g. a child on the head); stroking
meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
-like; -looking; -looked; tending to ...
newspaper reporter; print journalist
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
reserve; spare; treasured; valued; (ace) up one's sleeve; trump
net auction; Internet auction; online auction; web auction
successful bid; winning a tender
selling at a sacrifice; amazing bargain; fire sale
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
(dying) suddenly; (breaking) brittly; with a snap; softly and swellingly
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
to be dizzy; to feel faint; to feel giddy
each time; every time; thank you for your continued patronage; thank you for your support; hello; I'm coming in
after-treatment; post-treatment; post-processing; dealing with the aftermath
confusion; disturbance; commotion; chaos; disorder
display; array (of things); succession (of things)
working adult; full-fledged member of society
to take pains; to take time for someone; to do work for someone; to go to trouble for someone
to pity; to sympathize with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to appreciate; to recognize (someone's efforts)
superiority complex; sense of superiority
to flip-flop; to do an about-face; (lit.) to flip over one's hand; to do something easy
bizarre murder; grotesque murder
to protrude; to stick out; to be forced out; to be pushed out; to go over (e.g. a budget); to go beyond
anyhow; at all events; in any case; either way; anyway
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
do not go lie down after eating (because it is considered rude); (lit.) if you lie down soon after eating, you will become a cow
to see through (a plot, lie, etc.); to penetrate into; to discover; to find out
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
stopping functioning; being out of service