housewife; mistress (of the house); homemaker
selling by measure; selling by weight; selling by volume
the past; bygone days; one's past (that one would prefer remained secret); past (tense); preterit; previous life
to raise; to bring to (someone's attention); to appeal to (reason, emotions, etc.); to work on (one's emotions); to complain; to sue (a person)
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
to refuse; to reject; to decline; to prevent (from doing); to deny (e.g. access); to block
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)
trouble; difficulty; hospitality; treatment; treat
nature; property; disposition
remnants; survivors; refugees; pocket (of resistance)
to bind (a criminal) with rope; to arrest; to seize; to bind (something) with rope
branch; bough; limb; twig; sprig; spray
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
each house; every house; many houses
insect; bug; worm; roundworm; one's emotions; one's feelings; nervousness
to kill; to slay; to suppress; to block; to suppress (a voice, feelings, etc.); to hold back
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to change sides; to double-cross; to betray; to roll over (in bed); to turn over
to fall below (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to be less than; to be lower than; to fall just short of; to be just under
dead person; (the) deceased; (the) dead; casualties
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
several people; some people; a few people; a number of people
to put in; to let in; to admit; to accept; to accept; to comply; to include
ferocious; brutal; atrocious; savage; barbarous
person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
to afflict; to torment; to harass; to molest
to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse
distinguished war service; merit of war
to miss; to overlook; to let pass (a matter); to overlook (e.g. a wrongdoing); to pass up (e.g. an opportunity); to let (a good ball) go by
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
suddenly; abruptly; deliberately; slowly; gently
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
grip (of hand); grip strength