thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
everyone; everybody; all; everything; all
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
legal wife; lawful wife; first wife (in polygamous relationship)
the same ratio or percentage
first place; first rank; unit's position; Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata)
endurance; patience; perseverance; self-control; self-restraint
your husband; her husband
truth; reality; proper; right; genuine; authentic
it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
to take good care of; to treasure; to value; to hold dear; to prize; to cherish
that being the case; because of ...; the reason is ...; given that ...
to be troubled; to have difficulty; to be bothered; to be inconvenienced; to be badly off; to be hard up
cute; adorable; dear; precious; innocent; childlike
extramarital sex; affair; fooling around; infidelity; wantonness; unfaithfulness
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
-like; sort of; similar to; resembling
to act suspiciously; to behave in a strange way
although; despite; whereas; while; if only; I wish
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
turn (in line); order of things; sequential order
-ical; -ive; -like; -ish; (something) like; along the lines of
next; following; subsequent; stage; station
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
rather; better; instead; if anything
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
is not; am not; are not; isn't it?
easy; simple; there's no way that ...
(not) by any means; (not) for anything; wouldn't do for anything; had enough; flatly refusing
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)
but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that
various; all sorts of; variety of; (arch.) various colors (colours)
such a thing; something like that
to be needed; to be wanted
serious; not joking; straight
interest (in something); curiosity (about something); zest (for)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about