best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
den of vice; rogue's den; brothel; red-light district; cluttered room
business; task; use; purpose; for the use of ...; used for ...
as soon as ...; just after ...; immediately after ...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
wise; clever; smart; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; good
choice; selection; option
feeling; sensation; preparedness; readiness; thought; sentiment
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
cheating; deception; trickery; manipulation; juggling; falsifying
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
(not) in the least; (not) at all; (not) a bit
explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
atmospheric current; air current; airflow
transfiguration; transformation; change of appearance
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
to let an opportunity slip
tip of nose; before one's eyes; under one's nose; tip (of something)
victory or defeat; match; contest; game
all of a sudden; suddenly; by chance; unexpectedly
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
stairs; stairway; staircase
door; gate; opening; title page
clanging; empty; deserted
wall-mounted ornament; wall decoration; wall hanging; wall-mounted
sticky; thickly (e.g. painted); heavily (applied); all over (pasting, stamping, etc.); clinging (e.g. of a person); following around
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
shop; store; someone who sells (something) or works as (something); someone with a (certain) personality trait; house; roof
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say everything; to tell all
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
at any cost; at any price; at any expense
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
to thrust at someone (e.g. a weapon); to point (a gun, knife, etc.) at; to hold up threateningly to (someone's face); to present forcefully (demand, document, etc.); to confront someone with (evidence, facts, etc.); to force upon
to twist someone's arm and throw them to the ground; to hold (someone) down by twisting their arm; to wrestle (someone) to the floor; to force (someone) to yield (e.g. an argument); to make (someone) surrender
country with a constitutional government; constitutional state; country where the rule of law prevails; system based on the rule of law
(within a) territory; domains