ex post facto report; report after the event
dangling; hanging; suspended; pending; half done; in limbo
useless; vain; aimless; idle
evening meal; dinner; supper
on the light side (weight); (relative) lightness
button (clothing); push-button; button
stole (shawl); stall; stall (of an engine); (animal) stall
hair style; coiffure; hairdo
ordinary clothes (i.e. non-uniform); plain clothes; civilian clothes; plainclothes police officer
to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink
to stoop; to bend (e.g. one's knees)
repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping; flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut; heartily (eating); devouring
double-dealing; double tongue; going back on what one has said; repeating oneself
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
entertainment; amusement; fun
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
(very) familiar; well-acquainted
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
to arrange (flowers); to plant
light; light (colour, food, comedy, etc.); right; right field; right fielder
to smack one's lips (over a dish); to eat with relish
coloring; colouring; color scheme; colour scheme; (touch of) colour; embellishment
blood relationship; consanguinity; blood relative
to attack; to destroy; to defeat; to conquer; to avenge
as you (they, etc.) say; as you suggest; I absolutely agree
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
to worry about; to be worried about; to fret about; to not know what to do; to be at a loss (as to what to do)
to buy; to purchase; to buy out
side table; bedside table
to reach mutual understanding; to understand each other
bad influence; negative influence
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
without omission; in full
to confess; to speak out; to disclose; to tell
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
to come and go; to go back and forth
total (money); full amount; sum
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
eye color; eye colour; expression (of the eyes); look; countenance
to work hard; to work diligently; to do one's best; to try one's hardest
last night; the previous night; night before (Christmas, etc.); eve (of festival, major event, etc.)
what's the matter?; what's wrong?