advantage or disadvantage
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
sanity; consciousness; soberness
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
unusual event; strange occurrence; strange phenomenon; something abnormal; change (for the worse); accident
scene; setting; scene (in a movie, play); shot; state of the market
to compose; to put together
thoroughly; completely; severely; harshly; (arch.) scattered; (arch.) disconnected
abundant; ample; plentiful; lustrous; glossy
to face (each other); to be facing; to be directed toward (the future, etc.); to be in response to; to receive (a client, etc.); to compare with
to assemble; to set up; to construct
several times; a few times
numbness; going to sleep (of a limb); pins and needles
to rub; to pat; to stroke; to massage
tightfisted; stingy; miserly; small-minded
no, not like that (but like this)
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
banter; raillery; ridicule; teasing; making fun of
popular name; common name; given name
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
very much; very many; more and more
to carry on; to go on with one's life; to keep alive; to stay alive; to survive
planning; scheming; maneuvering; manoeuvring
salty; calculating; stingy; scowling; grimacing; hoarse
to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
arrangement; disposition; array (programming)
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
trying to think of a way (to); devising means (to); working out (how to do); contriving (to raise money); managing