astringent; bitter; austere; elegant (and unobtrusive); sour (look); glum
mistress; kept woman; concubine
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
disagreeableness; unpleasantness; nastiness; cutting remark; disagreeable remark; snide comment
obstinate; stubborn; mulish; die-hard; bigoted
restoration; rehabilitation; recovery; recovery (from an illness); recuperation; convalescence
the vertical; height; front-to-back; length; north-to-south; vertical (relationship)
to move; to shift; to inspire; to rouse; to change; to alter; to operate
general; popular; common; typical
to say; to tell; to state; to do
brothers and sisters; siblings
besides; furthermore; on top of that; and yet; nevertheless; even so
death; mortality; to die; to pass away
pile; heap; counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.); layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat; combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours)
designation; specification; assignment; appointment; pointing at
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
expertise; special knowledge; technical knowledge; expert knowledge
job application form; employee satisfaction
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
to spit out; to eject; to dump
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
shivering (with cold); trembling (with fear); shuddering
to give; to do (something) for
share (in a company); stock
thereabouts; vicinity; that area; that situation; those circumstances
several years; a few years
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
heir's distributive share
property; fortune; means; assets
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
document; writing; letter; document addressed to someone
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
consideration; concern; fear; worry; solicitude
tedious; boring; being fed up with
like this; this sort; this way