earnings; proceeds; returns; revenue
general; popular; common; typical
payment to the government
grasping; seizing; holding; commanding; having control over
to build up; to establish (one's reputation)
present (e.g. government, administration); current; existing
splendid; magnificent; utter (esp. defeat); total; (arch.) something worth seeing; (arch.) sight
both in name and reality; both in name and substance
attentive; cautious; careful; watchful
official business; public business
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
first (of all); firstly; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to prepare; to provide; to set up; to establish; to organize
furnishings; implements; equipment
low price; moderate price
to assemble (e.g. goods into a set); to gather; to put together
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
to stand (still) a while; to loiter; to stop
elegance; refinement; grace; aroma
beautiful; lovely; heartwarming; beautiful
slim; slender; slight; delicate
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
gorgeous; gaudy; dazzling; gay; resplendent
sublime; noble; high-minded
to sharpen; to grind; to whet; to hone; to make keen
honour; honor; glory; privilege
to think, feel, consider, know, etc.
(it was) no bother at all; not at all; it was nothing
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
(confronting a problem, etc.) head-on; directly; outright; (lit.) from the front
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
polite; courteous; hospitable
to dwell; to live; to stay at; to take shelter at; to be pregnant; to be part of a constellation