house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
violence; assault; rough (e.g. handling); reckless; rape; sexual assault
besides; moreover; in addition
sympathy; agreement with; alignment; conformity; tuning
clearly; distinctly; vividly
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; shamelessly; brazenly
management; administration; operation
maintenance; preservation; improvement
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
staringly; scrutinizing; scrutinising
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
precipitous; rugged; inaccessible; grim; severe; stern
to jeer (at); to hoot; to boo; to catcall; to heckle
snakelike; snaky; serpentine
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
opposition; rebellion; rebounding; recoiling; rally (e.g. in stock prices); recovery
sneer; derision; scornful laugh; cold smile
10,000,000,000; ten billion
to get together all the money necessary (to pay off a debt)
interest (on a loan, deposit, etc.)
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
hard to understand; incomprehensible; unintelligible
outline; summary; gist; roughly; about; nearly
letter; missive; note; mail
hurrying (to somewhere); rushing; hastening; express (train)
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
(being in) the red; deficit; red letter; red writing; corrections (by a teacher or proofreader) written in red
incontinence; soiling oneself; wetting one's pants; discharge (e.g. of contaminants); effluence
in this manner; in this way; like this