married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
each (every) time; whenever
management; administration; cutting up and serving food; cut and fill (e.g. earthwork)
wholesale delegation; hundred-percent subcontracting; leaving all the decision-making to somebody else
maid; helper; help; assistance
(having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school); of poor quality or workmanship
(outward) appearance; (proper) format (e.g. of an essay); form; appearances; decency; lip-service
implicitly; indirectly; tacitly; by implication; obscurely
riddle; puzzle; enigma; enigmatic; mysterious
ill will; malice; evil intent
world; society; life; lifetime; age; era; reign
to fall in love at first sight; (arch.) to see for the first time; (arch.) to meet for the first time; (arch.) to have sexual relations for the first time
unexpectedly; surprisingly; unexpected; unanticipated; unforeseen
to profit; to benefit from; to take advantage of; to make good use of
official function; state function
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
with a crack; with a snap; firmly; sharply; precisely; properly
sly; cunning; sneaky; crafty; unfair; dishonest
natural; right; proper; naturally; as a matter of course; rightly
to lose focus; to let one's mind wander; to relax one's attention
slovenly (appearance, work, etc.); sloppy; untidy; weak; feeble; weak-willed
sad to say; how sad; alas
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
at a moment's notice; readily
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out
to divide; to cut; to halve; to break; to crack; to dilute; to fall below
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
distant look; faraway look
wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law
to say something is all right; to give the all-clear (e.g. to do something)
again; once more; a second time
nothing; naught; nought; un-; non-
responsibility; duty; obligation
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently