fire under suspicious circumstances; arson
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling
contact area (of an electrical connection)
well-informed person; walking dictionary; extensive knowledge
older sister; lass; young lady
inferior goods; defective product; defective goods
often; again and again; frequently; repeatedly
meeting; assembly; party; society; association; club
holding (a conference, exhibition, etc.); opening; hosting (e.g. the Olympics)
competition; rivalry; something worth doing
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
(not so) much; (not) very
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
purple smoke; tobacco smoke
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
future (usually near); prospects
unless one ...; if one does not ...
property; fortune; assets
Hades; the underworld; the other world; realm of the dead
to irritate; to grate on one's nerves; to aggravate; to be galling; to be invidious
good correspondent; ready writer
self first; striving to be first; scrambling for
portrait; likeness; sketch (of a face)
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly