waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
chattering; talk; idle talk; chatty; talkative; chatterbox
time (for, to do); time (to finish a race, lap, etc.); time-out; thyme
right in the middle (of); midst; height
two shot; photograph of two people (usu. male and female); photograph of a couple; man and woman being alone together; phone dating service that randomly connects two people for a conversation
hit; success; guess; prediction; affability; friendliness; sensation
to put on weight; to gain weight; to grow fat; to get stout
indifferently; paying no attention (to); taking no notice (of)
model; pattern; paragon; exemplar
moderately wealthy person
first place; first rank; units position (of a number)
to become better; to improve
to be in the news; to be talked about; to become a popular topic of conversation; to become the talk of the town; to become topical
boom; craze; (economic) boom; boom (of a boat); (microphone) boom
patent; special permission; license; licence
patent filing fee; patent maintenance fee; royalty; patent usage fee
mysterious; bewitching; alluring; enticing; enchanting
to grow thickly; to be overgrown; to thrive; to grow in abundance
with a slip; with a slide
foul play; cheating; cunning person; sly fellow; cheat
surface of the earth; ground surface
to creep up; to crawl up; to overcome (a bad situation); to rise (after a setback)
certainly; surely; definitely
miasma ("bad air" formerly believed to cause disease)
so; therefore; for that reason; if so; if that is the case; in that case
as (one pleases, one is told, etc.); wherever (e.g. one's feet take one); according to
whispering; whisper; secret talk; murmur
smell of something rotten; rotten smell
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid
unsteadily (walking); waddling; staggeringly; totteringly
gait; walk; stride; trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail
to be entwined; to be involved
they; those guys; those fellows
even more; still more; further
slaughter (of animals for meat); butchery