many people talking noisily; chowing down; scarfing down; roughly (of actions)
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
woman; girl; daughter; Chinese "Girl" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
painter; artist; drawing pictures; doodling; painting
plump; rotund; chubby; entirely; completely; wholly
skinny person; scrawny person; scarecrow; bag of bones
to comb upwards; to brush up (a loose strand of hair); to turn up a lamp wick
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
short; shortstop; short (circuit); short hair; short selling
making (a new suit, dress, etc.); having (something) made; buying new; new tune; new melody; new composition
drama club (e.g. at school); dramatic society
fixtures; furnishings; equipment
worm-eaten; moth-eaten; holes eaten in clothing, leaves, etc. by caterpillars, moths, etc.; leaf warbler (any bird of genus Phylloscopus); chiffchaff
to become frayed; to become loose
tear; rip; breach; spoilage; waste; wastepaper
the staff; inside the department
exploitation; overuse; abuse
no use; useless; not fit for its purpose
big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage
roll (e.g. of cloth); winding (e.g. watch); volume (of book); speeding up; heel (of a Japanese sandal)
giving; provision; furnishing
as soon as; no sooner than; one way or another; objection
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
fingering (of a musical instrument)
to run around; to bustle about; to busy oneself
joint together; opposite; facing
news coverage; collecting data (e.g. for an article); covering (something for media); interview