confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
protest; refutation; pleading
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
last night; yesterday evening
language; dialect; word; phrase; speech; (manner of) speaking
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to pity; to sympathize with; to sympathise with; to tend to (e.g. an injury); to care for; to nurse
government service; the bureaucracy
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
temptress; flirt; minx; murder of a man; murderer of a man
number one; first; best; most; game; round
to turn; to shift; to alter; to distract
military physician or surgeon
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
dwelling; house; residence; living; life
dwelling; house; residence; address
to miss a meal; to lose the means to make one's livelihood
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
even if; even though; even; too; whether ... or ...; no matter (what, where, who, etc.)
to spend; to expend; to waste; to squander; to devote
busy; having no (free) time
high salary earner; high income earner; well-paid employee; highly-paid; in the top salary bracket
to be saved up (of money)
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although
(what) the heck; (why) in the world; one object; one body; one form; one style
year; counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school); period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)
to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)
such ... as; or some such
please (give me); please (do for me)
topic; subject; much talked about; topical; in the news
now; soon; already; yet; further; more
to end; to come to an end; to close; to finish
usurer; usury; loansharking