10,000; ten thousand; myriad; everything; all; (arch.) various
to dodge (e.g. a question); to evade; to sidestep; to give (someone) the slip
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
vacant or unoccupied room
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
older brother; elder brother; young man; buddy; fella
one's brother-in-law; stepbrother (elder)
superior; excellent; brilliant; outstanding
infant; baby; little child
to admonish; to persuade; to warn; to remonstrate
to become completely chilled
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
special; particular; peculiar; unique
selfish; egoist; (arch.) self-indulgent; (arch.) wilful; (arch.) willful
exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry; milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing
one's say; one's point; complaint; grievance; objection
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
again; once more; a second time
brother-in-law (spouse's older brother or older sister's husband); older stepbrother
loan; lending; favor; favour; creditor; method of lending
family; members of a family
settlement (financial); squaring accounts; liquidation; ending (a relationship); breaking up (with)
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
trouble; bother; annoyance; to be troubled (by); to be bothered (by); to be inconvenienced (by)
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)
burden; load (e.g. CPU time, electricity, etc.)
for now; for the time being; for the present; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion
skip it; drop it; I've had enough (e.g. when offered something); that's enough
one's family (home) background (environment)
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to push away; to thrust aside; to detach oneself from; to keep away from; to act coldly; to do without emotion
understanding completely; understanding all there is to know
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail