strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
magnification; leverage; amplification; competitiveness rating (e.g. for university entrance); applicant-to-acceptance ratio
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; having no intention of ...
good-for-nothing; worthless
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
to visit one place after another without plan or effect; to gallivant about
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
wages; pay; rental payment
household economy; family finances
to scorn; to despise; to hold in contempt; to look down on; to disdain
to subsist; to keep on living
to accept; to receive; to agree
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
future (usually near); prospects
miserable; wretched; unhappy; sad; pitiable
(way of) life; living; livelihood; life circumstances
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
to hand over; to transfer; to give up (e.g. one's seat); to give way; to yield; to concede
textbook; coursebook; schoolbook
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to work hard at one's lessons
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
hello; good day; good afternoon
by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn
to be blessed with; to be rich in; to abound in
sympathy; compassion; pity
goal; target; aim; mark; sign; landmark
to sit for an examination
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness