slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
to receive; to get; to accept; to take (someone's words or behaviour); to interpret; to understand
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
dumbfounded; speechless; flabbergasted; struck dumb with astonishment
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
order (for goods or services); order (sequence); order (of magnitude); order
stage; step; level; rank; order; stairs
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
accounting; finance; bill (at a restaurant); check; accountant; treasurer
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
chattering (teeth); (frozen, worried) stiff; rigid (personality, thinking, etc.); inflexible; voracious (e.g. work, study); without slack or pause
planning; plan; project; arrangements
riddled with holes; full of holes; full of flaws; full of loopholes; faulty
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
to get twisted; to get warped; to get distorted; to twist; to warp
able; capable; competent; talented; efficient
preparations; preliminary arrangements; spade work; mise en place; groundwork
silence; stillness; quietness
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
doing whatever one pleases; selfishness; self-indulgence
conformity; alignment; tuning; same tone; same pitch
words of praise; eulogy; compliment
degree of perfection; level of completion; degree of completion
part-time employer; place where one works part-time
thick; bulky; massive; heavy
one by one; one after another; successively
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly; (not) readily; (not) right away; (not) immediately
smallness; small item; short month (i.e. having fewer than 31 days); urine; piss; elementary school; smaller (of two things, places, etc. with the same name)
quantity; amount; volume; number; amount of money
frail; flimsy; insubstantial; insignificant; lacking gravitas
with a friendly grin; smilingly
windless; calm; no-wind; quiet (state of affairs); peaceful; stable
self-satisfied look; triumphant look; smug face; shit-eating grin
abundant; plentiful; rich; wealthy; open (mind); relaxed
to be puffed up with pride; to throw out one's chest
minor; small; minor (key, scale, etc.); the minor leagues (US baseball)
device; contrivance; trick; trap; (small) scale; half finished; commencement
tenacity; persistence; obsession; implacability
to show signs of ...; to have the appearance of ...
no matter (what, who, etc.); whether ... or ...; be
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)