wife; Mrs; proprietress; landlady; large women's size (clothing)
to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name
noted product; local specialty
lip service; mere words; professions; lips; mouth; snout
strange occurrence; unusual occurrence; unexpected occurrence; grave and unexpected occurrence
business rival; professional jealousy
night flight (without paying); skipping out by night; moonlight flit
mortgage; security; hypothec; pledge
with a light thud; with a flop; with a (light) clap; suddenly (stop, come to an end, etc.)
dressing room; green room; backstage; behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs
awkward; embarrassed; embarrassing; inconvenient; inopportune; untimely
in tufts; tufty; bushy; thick; luxuriant
laid-back; carefree; easygoing; thoughtless; happy-go-lucky
guard; security (officer); guardsman
heathen; heretic; pagan; nonconformist; freethinker; iconoclast
social meeting place; watering hole
entertainment (of guests; esp. in the corporate world); treating (to food and drinks); wining and dining
distrust; mistrust; insincerity; impiety; faithlessness
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
slave traffic; slave dealer
visit (to a shrine, grave, etc.); worship
sowing seeds; planting seeds; scattering seeds
side job; sideline; subsidiary business
wages; pay; rental payment
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
evening; last night; yesterday evening
this and that; this or that; one thing after another
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
fruitless effort; wasted effort; abortive scheme; futility
sympathy; empathy; response
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
roundabout; indirect; circuitous; ignorant (of the world)
creation; production; creative work (novel, film, etc.); fabrication; fiction; invention
viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification