head; brains; intellect; understanding
clique; group; (political) faction; wing; school; sect
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
to the last; persistency; thoroughness
escape from reality; escapism; ostrichism
to lay aside; to set aside
mode (musical mode, mode of probability distribution, state of physical system); fashion
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to assemble; to set up; to construct
fixed content; settled matter; done deal
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
to obey respectfully; to humble oneself; to sit straight (upright, respectfully, attentively)
to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; to be ready; to be completed; to be made; to be built; to be good at
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to nod; to bow one's head in assent; to agree
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning
husband; master (of a house, shop, etc.)
to (call and) stop; to call (someone) to stop; to hail (e.g. a taxi)
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
later on; eventually; afterwards
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
again; once more; a second time
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
penance; austerities; mortification; asceticism
to climb over; to get over; to surmount; to overcome; to surpass; to overtake
mental; spiritual; emotional
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered