stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
and then; and so; and; so then
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
sentence-ending particle expressing doubt
serious; not joking; straight
to trick; to cheat; to deceive; to coax; to wheedle; to soothe and humor (humour)
cooked rice; meal; food; one's living; livelihood
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
Spanish food; Spanish cooking
shop; store; somebody who sells (something) or works as (something); somebody with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
paella (Spanish rice dish)
eating everything (on one's plate, etc.)
speaking of; (I told you) already; come on
what do you want?; can I help you?
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
explosion; detonation; eruption; eruption (of discontent, etc.); outburst; outpouring
telephone call; phone call; telephone (device); phone
to wind; to coil; to envelope; to shroud; to outflank; to skirt
everyone; anyone; no one; nobody
consequence; outcome; result; blame
foxhole; fox mound; fox earth
dear (old); fondly-remembered; beloved; missed; nostalgic
style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
aroma; fragrance; scent; smell
irrefutable evidence; smoking gun; solid evidence; incontestable proof; dead giveaway
that's the way it is; such is life
incompetence; inefficiency; inability; incompetent person
to write; to compose; to pen; to draw; to paint
right in the midst of; right at the height of
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain
to underrate; to make light of
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
to pilfer; to filch; to swipe
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
just because; even if; even though
day after day; day by day