repentance; confession; penitence
finding employment; getting a job
once; before; formerly; never yet; never before; first time
to be found; to be discovered
taking a long time; slowness; sluggishness; lack of firmness; looseness; slovenliness
suitable time; good time; propriety; moderation
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
field; sphere; realm; division; branch
less than ...; smaller ...
to taste; to try (food or drink)
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
precisely; exactly; plumb; damn; stupid; cursed
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
clumsy; awkward; tactless; awkward (e.g. socially); (arch.) mean; (arch.) cowardly
foundation; root; basis; root and trunk
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
cruel; brutal; ruthless; merciless; inhuman
reality; actuality; hard fact
off the mark; off base; misdirected; irrelevant
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
operation (of machine); operating; running; working
if anything; conversely; putting it the other way around; coming at it from the opposite angle
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
returning tit for tat; retaliating
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to invest in; to sink money into; to put into; to lay out (funds); to inject; to impregnate
spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job); firing someone