sincere; earnest; serious
directly opposite; right in front
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
economy; economics; finance; (one's) finances; being economical; economy
reason; cause; circumstances
pain; ache; soreness; damage; injury; wear
cut off; cut out; ablation; resection; surgical removal
to desire; to wish for; to expect; to see; to command (a view of)
sweat; perspiration; moisture; condensation; gulp; oops
wages; pay; rental payment
blood; blood; ancestry; (the) blood; feelings
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
pathological; morbid; unhealthy; diseased; unwholesome; abnormal
state; condition; situation; appearance; circumstances
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
poverty; need; destitution; having great difficulty with; struggling greatly with; being in distress
to result in death; to lead to death; to be fatal (e.g. disease)
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
merchant; trader; tradesman; dealer; shopkeeper
natural; reasonable; obvious; usual; common; ordinary
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
teaching; instruction; teachings; precept; lesson; doctrine
now (esp. in contrast to the past); now at last; at present; right now
so; therefore; accordingly; consequently; on those grounds; that is why
to do oneself; to do by oneself; to start work (on); to commence
to be lost (e.g. luggage); to be missing; to be used up; to be run out; to disappear (e.g. pain); to be lost (e.g. a dream, confidence)
long ago; a long time ago; already
concrete; definite; specific; material; substantial
single; solo; solitary; just one; only one
speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one
steady; honest; sober; straightforward
getting information (esp. by interviewing witnesses, etc. in a police investigation)
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
major customer; large customer
still more; even more; all the more; still less; even less
leftover food; leftovers; food scraps
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various