daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
brown envelope; manila envelope
to perfect; to detail; to polish; (arch.) to make (inside something)
to start; to start up; to embark on; to get going; to commence
surprisingly; stunningly; astonishingly; wonderfully
to spend a fortune; to pay a high price
painstaking piece of work; work of great effort; tour de force; toil; labor; labour
see you later; goodbye; sincerely
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to form a pair (pairs); to partner
wholesale store; wholesale dealer; wholesaler
to sell wholesale; to grate (e.g. vegetables); to cut up fish
blunder; miss; slip; oversight
to write and throw away; to write carelessly; to begin writing then stop part-way through
misuse; incorrect use; abuse; malapropism
every single word and phrase; each and every word
human pillar; human sacrifice
until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point
to speak with an accent; to be corrupted (of word); to mispronounce
return (to); revolution; recurrence; regression
unexplained; unsolved; unclear
origin; beginning; source; rise
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
opening; start; opening credits; title sequence; theme song (played during the opening credits of a TV show, etc.)
eagerly (waiting); (waiting) impatiently
raising the curtain; opening (of an event); start of a season
to eagerly look forward to
hard to believe; fabulous; unbelievable; incredible
connection (to a person, place, etc.); relation; affinity
intention; idea; inclination; wish
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
to get a lump in one's throat; to overflow with feelings; to be overwhelmed with emotion
to stick it out (until the end)