the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
income; receipts; revenue
somewhat below; slightly below
trade; business; commerce; occupation; calling; profession
pocket money; spending money; pin money; allowance
part-time job; side job; part-time worker; albite
another place; somewhere else; outside (one's family or group); someone else; not caring for; being indifferent to
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
family business; family trade; one's occupation; one's trade
some; few; somewhat; to a certain extent; (arch.) many; (arch.) a lot
contriving (to raise funds, to find time, etc.); working out (a solution)
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
painful; difficult; distressing; (psychologically) difficult; straitened (circumstances); tight (financial situation)
trouble; hardship; difficulty; anxiety; worry; concern
to stick it out (until the end)
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
to be unsteady; to reel; to shake; to waver; to be unsettled (feelings, thoughts, etc.)
many times over; often; repeatedly; time after time
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
mumblingly; grumblingly; tardily; slowly
forever; endlessly; on and on; meandering; wandering; winding
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
guilty (feeling, conscience, look, etc.); (feeling) uneasy
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
instability; insecurity; crankiness
very much; very many; more and more
friendship; fellowship; camaraderie
to be broken; to break; to fall through; to come to nothing
selfish; self-centred; egotistical
to cool down; to get cold; to cool off (excitement, temper, etc.); to subside; to be cold (eyes, expression, etc.); to be composed
suspension; stoppage; discontinuance; interruption
practical problem; practical matter