to try and do something; to attempt to do something
monetary; financial; pecuniary
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
together; mutually; fellow
child born to one's current wife
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
sign of remorse; indication of regret
to say previously unspoken thoughts; to start saying; to court someone
brake; drag; skid; restraint; curtailment; self-imposed limit
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
stomach; Chinese "stomach" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import
wife; your wife; his wife; married lady; madam
partly burned charcoal; (arch.) servant boy at a brothel or teahouse
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
describing; comparing; form; figure; personal appearance; one's face and figure
one; 1; best; first; foremost; beginning; start
five times (as much); quintuple; fivefold
conclusion; decision; end; settlement
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
residence; estate; grounds; premises; mansion
end; verge; extremity; miss; failure; blank (e.g. lottery ticket)
to move (house); to transfer (department); to change the target of interest or concern; to elapse (passage of time); to be permeated by a colour or scent; to be infected
procedure; process; proceedings; formalities
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
position; job; employment; opening
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
to cling to ... in tears; to beg ... in tears; to appeal; to throw oneself on someone's mercy
selling off; disposal by sale; sale
to exchange; to interchange
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape)
to close (e.g. book, eyes, meeting, etc.); to shut
collection (e.g. of a debt); dunning; selection (for a position); exceptional promotion; fresh; freshly picked
to burst into tears; to burst out crying; to begin to cry; to be moved to tears
particularly; especially; in particular; expressly
poor crop; bad harvest; crop failure; low quality (e.g. of literary works)
to help each other; to cooperate