to smirk; to grin broadly
child-rearing expenses; child-support payments (following divorce)
denouncing; calling (e.g. somebody a thief); branding (as)
memory; sense; experience
to cover; to hide; to conceal; to wrap; to disguise
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
close connection; deep involvement; close relationship
to attract interest; to capture attention
to grimace; to make a wry face
one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years
to compete; to contend; to vie; to contest
horseplay; fooling around
to make an appeal; to urge
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
to impose; to visit upon; to inflict
to regain one's footing; to get back on one's feet; to recover; (of the market) to improve
trivial; not amounting to much
to blame; to find fault with
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
covering; protection; backing; relief
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
lowborn; humble; vulgar; coarse; shabby; greedy
reason; cause; history; origin
sense of being the chosen people
fashion (current) of the times; general drift of affairs
modern times; the modern age; this day and age
to keep up (appearances); to smooth over (an error, etc.); to gloss over; to mend; to repair
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
plain; frank; candid; open; direct; straightforward
here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally
without; unless; have to do
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer
much less; to say nothing of
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
uneasy; unsure; unreliable; untrustworthy; (arch.) nervous; (arch.) impatient