press club; correspondents' club
instability; insecurity; crankiness
backing; support; backer; shield that protects one's back
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
bag; satchel; briefcase; basket
gap; space; break; interlude; chink (in one's armor, armour); chance
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
many; numerous; large amount of; large quantity of; frequent; common
every month; monthly; month by month
well then ...; in that situation; in which case
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
as expected; sure enough; after all (is said and done); in the end; too; also
when it becomes; when it comes to
to fall ill; to be taken ill
to stop (an activity); to cease; to discontinue; to cancel; to abandon; to give up
few; a little; scarce; insufficient; seldom
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
(period of) a year; during an era
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
tough; hard; determined; strong-minded; strong (e.g. sunlight, alcohol); severe
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
indicate reason; infers some protest
prescreen; pre-screening; prior inspection; preliminary review; pre-vetting
to go to and from (a place); to go back and forth between; to go to (school, work, etc.); to attend; to circulate (e.g. blood, electricity); to be communicated (e.g. thought)
inside; within; while (e.g. one is young); during; among; amongst; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.)
to be surprised; to be astonished
only; merely; approximately; about; just (finished, etc.); as if to; (as though) about to
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
to feel; to sense; to experience
to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit
to be forward; to be impertinent
to have been decided (so) that; to have been arranged (so) that; to be the result (of); to be the outcome; to be the reason (for)
and; thereupon; because of that
(mental) agony; anguish; suffering; distress
handsome man; actor in a love scene
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
for a short while; for a brief period; soon; in a short while
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
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