to weather (a storm, rough seas); to ride across; to get through (adversity); to weather; to load completely (e.g. books on a shelf, people or luggage in a car)
to incline toward; to slant; to go down (sun, moon); to sink; to decline; to wane
as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all
to be temperate in; to refrain; to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number); to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to be better (than); to be superior; to surpass; to excel; to be excellent
will; testament; one's dying wish; one's last words
secret; private; surreptitious
hand; arm; forepaw; foreleg; handle; hand; worker
rash; boil; secondhand article; bargain; fart
dad; daddy; papa; sugar daddy
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
to resign; to retire; to quit; to leave (one's job, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get someone to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
Mr; Mrs; makes a word more polite (usu. in fixed expressions); state; situation
to say; to speak; to tell; to be called
to obtain; to get; to procure; to win; to secure
judgement; judgment; connoisseur
reliable; dependable; trustworthy; hopeful; promising
rather than; more ... than ...
apprehensive; vaguely fearful; gloomy (about the future); somewhat alarmed
inheritance; bequest; legacy; heritage
to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely
to support; to maintain; to bring up; to raise; to adopt (a child); to cultivate (a habit, a quality, etc.)
to compare; to make a comparison (between); to compete (on); to measure (one's strength, ability, etc. against another's)
power; might; authority; spirits; vigor; vigour
to abate; to weaken; to be emaciated; to be dejected; to be perplexed
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
pay; salary; wages; allowance; grant; supply
precarious situation; precarious state
much less; to say nothing of
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
to live; to make a living; to get on with
to see to it that ...; to make sure that ...; to try to ...; to make an effort to ...
to be in full bloom; to blossom in full glory; to be in fullness of bloom
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
ordinary; common; free of charge; free; unaffected; as is