to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
home and abroad; domestic and foreign; inside and outside; interior and exterior
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
piece; fragment; one (object)
sweet and sour; bittersweet
heaps; a lot; plenty; with a thud
to be harvested; to be reaped; to be yielded; to be able to harvest; to be able to reap; to be able to yield
full ripeness; full maturity
to come out; to appear; to turn up; to emerge
simmering; (boiling) gently
to be boiled; to be cooked
to mix; to stir; to scramble; to churn
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob
second hand clothes shop; somebody who sells second hand clothes
heigh-ho; heave-ho; alley oop
to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
erotic; pornographic; obscene; perverted; horny; dirty
insane; crazy; nuts; out of one's mind
good; goodness; right; virtue
reverse side; opposite (of the expected); purl stitch (knitting)
to become defiant; to fight back; to turn upon; to take the offensive
prank; practical joke; horseplay; mischievous trick
before God; as God is my witness; in the name of God
suspicious glance; suspicious look; suspicious expression
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
house hunting; searching an entire house; searching a house thoroughly
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
control; check; restraint; inhibition
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring