perfunctory; cursory; passing; chance (e.g. customer); transient; stray
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
lead nowhere; get one nowhere; no use; fruitless; there's no point (in doing)
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
home area; home town; local
true state; actual condition; reality
to rest (from work, studying, etc.); to take a break
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
enterprise; business; company; corporation
to profit; to get; to have (bear, beget) a child; to have a stroke of luck
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp
to watch steadily; to stare
to press a question; to cross-examine
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to have a smattering knowledge of
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to wield; to brandish; to display (one's knowledge); to show off; to abuse (one's power); to manipulate someone
courage; bravery; valour; valor; nerve; boldness
wastewater; waste water; liquid waste; black water
general; universal; ordinary; average; (arch.) the same; (arch.) no different
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
chief; main; principal; important
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to narrow; to reduce; to contract
mode of life; ecology; (animal) territory
interrogative sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
to be profitable; to yield a profit
speaking of ...; when it comes to ...; as for ...; if one were to say ...
(some) more; even more; longer; further
money-making; earning money
unreasonable; absurd; irrational; very
prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish
to chase; to run after; to pursue
excessive fishing; overfishing; overhunting; excessive taking
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to tie; to fasten; to wear (necktie, belt); to put on; to total; to sum; to be strict with