moustache; beard; whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); shadow (on a candlestick chart)
a long time (since the last time); first in a long time
caller; visitor; company; guest
large; big; older; senior; final; ultimate
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still
oh!; dear me; my goodness; well well; I say
woman; lady; adult female
to die; to decease; to perish; to pass away
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
putting that aside; that said; apart from that; anyway; be that as it may
oh; ho; exclamation of surprise, admiration, etc.; hoo (owl call); toot (sound of a flute)
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
not quite (right); not very good; somewhat (lacking)
dreadful; terrible; horrible; fearsome; formidable; awesome
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
girl (usu. attractive) with glasses; glasses-wearing girl
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to sell (well); to be well known; to be popular; to be famous
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
crime; sin; penalty; sentence; fault; responsibility
smirkingly; smugly; broadly
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
confident; assured; self-assured; bullish (e.g. market)
to wedge one's way in; to push in (between); to step in (between); to interrupt (a conversation, quarrel, etc.); to intervene
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to speak distinctly; to speak clearly; to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank
cannot be compared with; no match for
owner; proprietor; possessor (e.g. of talent, beauty, etc.)
feeling guilty; having a guilty conscience; having qualms about
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
rather; sooner; preferably
by sheer strength; by brute force
muscle-brain; meathead; hot-blooded idiot; person who charges in before thinking
to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink
battle; fight; war; struggle; conflict
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus