complexion; one's colour; one's color; countenance; expression; one's face
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
injury; wound; mistake; accident; loss
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
old; aged; long; since long ago; of the distant past; long-ago
mental; spiritual; emotional
funny; amusing; strange; odd; improper; unsuitable
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
even if not; even without
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
repeated at intervals; every other (day, week, month, ...)
terrible; dreadful; terrifying; surprising; startling; tremendous
to break; to destroy; to wreck; to ruin; to break (a bill, etc.)
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
animal abuse; animal cruelty; cruelty to animals; cruelty toward animals
but; however; provided that
consequence; outcome; result; blame
study; diligence; discount; reduction
to buy; to purchase; to value; to have a high opinion; to stir; to provoke
book; volume; this; present; main; head
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
intellectual; educated person; intelligentsia
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
to rebuke; to scold; to tell off; to question persistently (in order to criticize or find fault with somebody)
household economy; family finances
before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares
cancellation of a contract
personal expenses; pocket money; spending money; incidental expenses; allowance
living thing; living creature; animal; life
in accordance with; according to; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
but (still); and yet; nevertheless; even so; notwithstanding
kneeling down on the ground; prostrate oneself
to apologize; to apologise