striving for effect; heroics; dramatics; showmanship; staginess; (exaggerated) theatricality
to encourage; to cheer; to raise (the voice)
with all one's strength; with all one's might
to walk someone off (e.g. to the police station)
single colour (color); monochrome
sophisticated; refined; witty; urbane; unconstrained
chunk; lump; thick slice; cutting into chunks
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
inhuman; immoral; unreasonable; outrageous; wicked
food and (alcoholic) drinks; food eaten with an alcoholic drink; accompaniment to a drink
having strings attached (of a loan, etc.); having conditions attached; having a string or cord attached (of a bag, clothing, etc.); something with a string attached; having a lover (of a woman); woman with a male lover
ratio; proportion; percentage
naming; nominating; designating; calling on; asking for; requesting
disturbance; trouble; ups and downs
discomfort; inconvenience; poverty; want; inability; disability
like water; like it grows on trees
regret; chagrin; mortification; freedom from obstructive thoughts
circumference; outskirts; environs; (computer) peripheral
human relations; personal relationships
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
fashion-consciousness; desire to be stylish; humor; humour; wit
to fall fast asleep; to be confined to one's bed; to be laid up
slow; sluggish; dull; lax; sloppy; lenient
visiting ill or distressed people; writing get-well letters; get-well gifts; get-well letters; expression of sympathy; expression of concern
labor; labour; toil; trouble; pains; work
to soak into; to permeate
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
stretching a rope around; roping off; one's turf; domain; territory (of an animal)
several (objects, usu. from two to six)
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
illness (usu. excluding minor ailments, e.g. common cold); disease; bad habit; bad behaviour; crazy; insane
unprecedented; never seen before