planning; devising (a plan); drafting; drawing up
to borrow; to have a loan; to rent; to hire
simplified receipt with a blank line to be filled out with the customer's name (used specifically for claiming expenses); hand-written receipt
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
calculation; computation; bill; check; consideration; allowance
pot; jar; dice cup; depression; basin (e.g. of a waterfall); aim; what one wants
contents; interior; substance; content; (sword) blade
wainscoting; wainscotting; wood paneling
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
incompletion; incomplete; unfinished
to live; to get along; to spend (time)
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
scolding; telling-off; rebuke; complaint; grumbling; fault-finding
plan; project; schedule; scheme; program; programme
collapse; crumbling; breaking down; (radioactive) decay; disintegration
to suffer; to receive (kindness, rebuke, support); to sustain (damage)
account book; register; ledger
it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was); how might it have been?
outside (e.g. of a building); exterior; outside (of a group, company, etc.); outside world
elegant; graceful; refined; leisurely; comfortable; easy
kindness; favor; favour; goodwill; affection; liking (for someone)
positive; assertive; active; proactive; aggressive
parent-child relationship
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
powerful; strong; forceful; reassuring; encouraging
to dam up; to hold back; to keep back; to stem (an activity); to check (e.g. progress)
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
over and over; repeatedly
barren; sterile; infertile; unproductive (e.g. discussion); fruitless
isolation; being alone; being friendless
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange