transactions; dealings; business
low-priced; cheap; inexpensive; shallow (e.g. sympathy); superficial; cheap (e.g. government)
to contract; to undertake; to take over; to take responsibility for
employment position or rank
seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...
distinction; discrimination
at last; finally; barely; narrowly; just
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to make someone cry; to move someone to tears; to grieve
yes; yeah; huh?; what?; not; 's
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to cry; to weep; to sob; to howl
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
step (of a staircase, etc.); running board (of a bus, train); step (movement); pace; (dance) step; step (in a process)
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
to discover; to find (e.g. an error in a book); to locate; to find (e.g. something missing); to be used to seeing; to be familiar with
to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)
wrong; not good; hopeless; past hope; must not do
repetition; repeat; reiteration; repeatedly
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
hands and feet; limbs; person at one's beck and call; person at hand; reliable worker
being put to shame; being outshone; being eclipsed; feeling embarrassed
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
high rating; good reputation
all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost
inseparable (esp. bond, relationship); inextricable; joined at the hip; integral; essential; cannot be broken (cut, separated)
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful
justice; right; righteousness; correct meaning; correct explanation
very small amount; insignificant thing; negligible amount
how; in what way; how (much); to what extent; however (much); no matter how
advantage; benefit; profit; interest
shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext
to covet; to crave; to lust insatiably for; to indulge in; to devour greedily
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
background; scenery; background (of an incident, situation, etc.); circumstances; backing; support (from behind the scenes)