practical business; practical work experience; practicum; practice
puzzling; tangled; complicated; complex
heir; heiress; inheritor; successor
to engage in; to participate in; to take part in; to be involved in
teaching the basics; initiation; introduction
position (where one is standing); place where one stands; position; stance; standpoint
taking over (e.g. store or family's headship); subrogation; substitution of one person for another (usu. a creditor)
structure; construction; arrangement; plan; plot; contrivance
book; volume; this; present; main; head
one's principal residence; main home
duty; function; office; mission; task
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
to come and see (someone, something); to visit
elder sister; effeminate man
in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
distance; interval; gap; difference; estrangement
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled
to hold one's nose; to pinch one's nose
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
to have an idea; to have a clue
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
to pour water (into); to dilute with water; to hinder; to hamper; to throw cold water on
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
to go out and away; to leave
since when; from when; how long
impertinent; saucy; cheeky; impudent; audacious; cocky
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
tempering (metal); annealing; forging; toughening; disciplining; training
minimum; at the very least
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
feeling; sense; impression
to grimace; to make a wry face
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of