indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
effort; exertion; endeavour; endeavor; hard work; striving
morning and evening; from morning until night; constantly
road construction; roadworks; road repairs
with a bang; with a crash; with a bump; suddenly (fall); sharply
at once; immediately; right now
to curry favour; to butter up; to fawn over; to humour someone (humor); to put in a good mood (e.g. a baby)
name (esp. on a deed, contract, etc.); moral duty; justification; pretext
to get back; to regain; to recover; to make up (for); to catch up on
listen!; you see; mind you; remember
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
opposition; resistance; antagonism; reverse; opposite; inverse
temptation; allurement; lure; enticement; seduction
coolness; calmness; composure; all right; fine; OK
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
questions and answers; dialogue
beyond one's control; nothing one can do
early morning; early hours; early in the morning
to be worried; to be troubled
having had enough (of); fed up (with); sick and tired (of); to learn one's lesson; to learn from a bad experience
freedom; free man; free woman
comfortably; peacefully; with one's mind at ease; (growing) quickly
sidelong glance; flirtatious glance
spineless; backboneless; timid; cowardly; weak-kneed
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that
every month; monthly; month by month
exactly the same; exactly as is; without any change
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice
refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed
1,000,000; one million; million; many
without; but if; otherwise; or else
personality; character; individuality; personhood
complete change; about-face