head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); one's husband; (one's) employer; (one's) master; host
to scatter; to sprinkle; to spray; to lavish (money, charm, etc.)
to decorate; to add a touch of colour; to grace
to employ; to hire; to charter
excuse; explanation; justification; defense; defence
bachelorhood; spinsterhood; celibacy; living apart from one's family; living alone; person who lives alone
daily employment; hiring by the day; day laborer; day labourer
chores; odd jobs; miscellaneous affairs; miscellaneous expenses
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course
plainly; clearly; vividly
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
one's possessions; ownership
set; set meal; combo-meal; hairdo
to buy (of a government, public agency, etc. from a private citizen); to purchase; to buy up (all of something)
provision; supply; payment; allowance; grant
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
assistant (to section manager)
accomplishment; execution
to make a display of; to show off; to flaunt
pretending not to know; feigning ignorance
uncomfortable; ill at ease; not feel at home
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
outfield; outfielder; outfield bleachers; third party; outsider
listening (esp. in foreign language education); listening comprehension; (public) hearing
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
personal statement; verbal or informal, unsubstantiated assertion
staying at home (to prevent the spread of illness, etc.); self-quarantine; self-isolation; being on furlough; being temporarily laid off
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
declaration; indication; representation; manifestation; demonstration; expression
re-examination; reinspection; retest
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
provisional; temporary; tentative
treatment (of a person); dealing with