protegee; someone who one considers as a younger sister
claim (for compensation); customer complaint seeking compensation; (general) complaint; objection
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
Dominic; Dominick; Dominik
fan; enthusiast; lover (of); fan (e.g. electric)
adopted daughter; foster daughter
feminine; womanly; female
incremental; step-by-step; gradual; stepwise
adopted child (usu. male); son-in-law
laundering (e.g. of money)
to count on; to expect; to put confidence in; to trust in; to depend on
brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited
custom; practice; convention; precedent
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
quite a chore; not that easy; fairly difficult
dangerous; critical; grave; uncertain; unreliable; dodgy
summertime; summer season
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
legal wife (of a noble) (as opposed to a concubine); room for receiving guests; heir; successor
program (of events, music, etc.); programme; program (booklet); brochure; (computer) program; programming
judgement; judgment; carrying out a sentence (e.g. execution)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
to roll about with laughter; to be convulsed with laughter; to laugh one's head off
to press down; to hold down; to pin down; to suppress (feelings, disorder, opposition, etc.); to repress
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
to gather strength; to take heart
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
solution (of an equation, inequality, etc.); root (e.g. of a polynomial); solution (to a given problem); answer; explanation; interpretation
unpleasant; disagreeable; abominable; unlucky; inauspicious; ominous
(abstract) symbol; emblem; representation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
going out; outing; leaving (one's home, office, etc.)
being unfamiliar with a locality; not knowing one's way around; (lit.) not knowing one's right hand from the left; being clueless
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily