superior; superiors; senior
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
small; little; tiny; insignificant; humble; modest
the customer is always right; the customer is king
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
lecture; sermon; preaching; moralizing; moralising
lesson; class work; teaching; instruction
boor; rustic; country bumpkin; lout
blockhead; dunce; dimwit; dolt; slowcoach; slowpoke
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
crop; crops; (agricultural) produce; farm products
in bad shape; not doing well; not going well; out of condition; in poor form
weather; the elements; fair weather; fine weather
-itis (indicating an inflammatory disease)
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
disaster; calamity; misfortune; trouble; woes
(my) wife; inside the home; one's family
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
pipe; tube; channels, official or otherwise; (business) connections; tobacco pipe
rank (of troops); file; column; formation
to strengthen; to emphasize; to emphasise
massing (of troops); gathering
to be complete; to be all present; to be equal; to be uniform; to gather; to assemble
aim; object; expectations; prospects; something that can be relied upon; snack served with alcoholic drink; pad
and; thereupon; because of that
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
to dig up; to dig out; to pick (nose, teeth, etc.); to pry into; to examine closely; to dredge up
commodity; article of commerce; goods; stock; merchandise
hands behind one's back; hands tied behind one's back; behind (e.g. someone); rear; appearance from behind
to tie; to bind; to fasten; to restrict (freedom); to tie down (with rules, regulations, etc.); to fetter
to warp; to bend; to contort; to be perverted; to be warped (of a view, mind, etc.); to be distorted
impiety; unbelief; infidelity
to get rid of; to erase; to dispel; to eradicate; to wipe away