large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
maintenance; preservation; improvement
allowance; remittance; sending (someone) an allowance
good-for-nothing; worthless
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
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
to work (someone) hard; to push (someone) around
household economy; family finances
to work hard at one's lessons
to sit for an examination
manners; etiquette; propriety; manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
to go under; to pass under; to dive (into or under the water); to evade; to get around; to survive
relation; connection; affinity
management; administration; operation; running (business); conducting
contrary to one's expectations
to be very far apart from; to be remote; to be quite different from
to be subject to punishment; to be punished
judicial decision; judgement; judgment; sentence; decree
to punish; to penalize; to penalise
to knead; to thicken into a paste (stirring over a flame); to polish (a plan, etc.); to refine; to train; to drill; to gloss (silk)
lukewarm; tepid; half-hearted; vague; lenient; mild
sudden turn; sudden change; (suddenly occurring) accident; emergency
collusion; conspiracy; common-law marriage; illicit intercourse; liaison
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; in contrast
back off!; leave me alone!
to shut; to close; to block (a street, entrance, etc.); to shut in (with snow, ice, etc.); to shut off; to consume (with negative feelings)
fast-talking; rapid talking
to be imminent; to loom; to be approaching; to be impending
confrontation; to face; to confront; to encounter
surrender; submission; capitulation; being defeated (e.g. by a problem); giving up; giving in