oof (i.e. a grunt of effort); a lot; plenty
heigh-ho; heave-ho; la-la
sponsorship (i.e. conducting under one's auspices); promotion; organizing; organising; hosting; staging
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
at a young age; while still young
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
retirement (from work); leading a quiet life (after retirement); retired person; retiree; surrendering headship of the family (pre-WWII)
honorific/polite/humble prefix
rich person; millionaire; magnate; big spender; debauchee
attack; assault; attempt; try
striking (at something) and missing; swing and a miss; vain attempt
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
uncertain; doubtful; unreliable; unsteady; unclear; vague
to walk about; to walk around; to walk to and fro; to pace around; to wander
fatigue; weariness; exhaustion; tiredness
to be piled up; to lie on top of one another; to come one after another; to happen over and over; to overlap (each other); to occur at the same time
obstinate; stubborn; obdurate; headstrong; willful; perverse
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
restless; fidgety; in a hurry
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
to set out; to set sail; to embark on (a new venture); to set out (to achieve something); to begin to ride; to lean forward
if one is unlucky; if one is careless
to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
to find difficult to guess; to struggle to work out; to be unable to figure out
to work too hard; to try too hard; to strain oneself; to overdo it; to go too far
to let out a cry; to shout
hermit crab; renting a house; tenant
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
from the beginning; without hesitation; flatly (e.g. refusing); entirely; completely
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
somehow; for some reason; without knowing why
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
to steel oneself to; to brace oneself
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
to remain; to stay (somewhere)
to compete with; to vie for