there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
good-for-nothing; parasite; deadbeat; loafer; drone; idler
resourcefulness; ability (esp. to earn a living); dependability; reliability
iron (Fe); strong and hard (as iron); railway; railway enthusiast
good looks; pretty woman; good-looking woman
superior; excellent; fine
article; thing; object; property; real estate
many; much; plenty; hardly
(looking around) restlessly; (looking) all around; goggling
(with a) start; fright; alarm
brat; kid; urchin; preta; hungry ghost
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
connection; link; relationship
to tie up; to tie together; to hang (oneself); to summarize; to put (it all) together; to estimate; to expect
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
to exercise one's authority as a (noun); to act as a (noun)
becoming red hot; red heat; scorching heat; running high (of emotions); burning (with passion, enthusiasm, etc.)
iron plate; steel plane; sure thing; certain winner
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
state (US, Australia, India, Germany, etc.); province (e.g. Canada); continent; (arch.) dear
keychain; Keychain (Apple's password management system in Mac OS)
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
copy; photocopy; blurb on a book jacket; catch copy
drawer; withdrawal (of money from an account); variety of knowledge and experience useful for handling things impromptu
to be muddy; to be slushy
bull; bulldog; bulldozer; bourgeois; bourgeoisie
very rich person; the super rich
to shrivel (e.g. cut vegetables, skin); to wilt; to fade; to wither; to be wizened
foreign; abroad; overseas
extravagant spree; wild merrymaking; living it up
to state; to express; to mention
to bend; to curve; to bend (the truth); to falsify; to corrupt; to sully