advantageous; favourable; better; profitable; lucrative; gainful
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to think too much; to be over-concerned
by any standard; (not) even as flattery
to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to tag along; to follow; to tail; to leave tracks; to leave footprints
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)
flushing (of one's cheeks); dizziness; rush of blood to the head
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
to rant and rave; to raise hell
I'm told; is what I heard; is how it is, apparently; is what they said
filthy; unfair; dirty; untouchable; disgusting; nasty
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
insensitive; inconsiderate; callous; thick-skinned
without thinking of the consequences
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
ordinary (esp. life or behavior); typical; conventional; standard; average
constancy; integrity; fidelity; principle; faithfulness; honor
to work hard at; to devote oneself to; to be diligent in
flopping (e.g. on a bed); scattering (e.g. limbs horizontally)
to throw a punch at; to swing at; to strike out at; to raise a hand against
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with
to compete with; to argue with; to quarrel
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
to trample underfoot; to tread on; to crush with a foot
going home from work; on the way home from work
to throw oneself (into an activity)
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
adventurous; risky; hazardous; perilous
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
release; liberation; acquittal
amount sold; sales; proceeds; takings; turnover