publisher; publishing house; publishing company
all; completely; totally; entirely; thoroughly
senior female worker who supervises junior employees in a domineering fashion
your husband; her husband
lively; full of spirit; energetic; healthy; well; fit
still; as yet; (not) yet; more; (more) still; at least
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
unreasonable; unnatural; impossible; forcible; forced; excessive (work, etc.); immoderate
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
very; considerably; by no means; not readily; middle; half-way point
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
in front (of); before (e.g. a building); before; earlier; (the) front; frontal part; forward
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
to examine; to look up; to investigate; to check up; to sense; to study
something like ...; things like ...; someone like ...; the likes of ...
difficult to ...; hard to ...
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
to hear; to listen (e.g. to music); to ask; to enquire; to hear about; to hear of; to follow (advice, order, etc.)
just (e.g. "just wait here"); come now; tolerably; passably; well...; I think...
beginning; outset; first; onset
to feel down; to feel sad; to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition; to fall into (e.g. a hole)
definitely; absolutely; absolute; unconditional; absoluteness
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
and; besides; because; since; the thing is; for one thing
married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)
two persons; two people; pair; couple
living; life (one's daily existence); livelihood
bad; poor; poor (quality); inferior; evil; sinful; ugly
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
one person; being alone; being by oneself; being single; being unmarried; by oneself
happiness; good fortune; luck; blessing
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
economic; financial; economical; thrifty; frugal
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
surplus; margin; leeway; composure; placidity; complacency
be (that) as it may; having said that
human being; human; person; character (of a person)
as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that...; trying to...