waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
lowdown; inside information; hidden circumstances; inner curtain (in a military encampment)
pride of place; most prominent; top-ranking
defense; defence; protection
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old acquaintance; old friend; (a) regular
intimidating air; sense of intimidation
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
though; although; notwithstanding; while; as; at the same time as
to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone)
nerve; nerves; sensitivity
to be mixed together; to be blended; to intermingle; to commingle
to perceive; to sense; to take in; to grasp; to feel
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
slow motion (video); moving slowly; moving leisurely
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
almost; nearly; for the most part; roughly; approximately; about
time axis; time basis; timeline
to smash; to break into pieces
to stagger; to stumble; to waver; to be in two minds; to have an affair (with); to fall (for someone)
taking refuge and waiting (for the danger to pass); waiting (on a siding) to let another train pass
on the occasion of; at the time of
to burst open; to pop; to split
to flap (wings); to spread one's wings; to go out into the world
durability; persistence; stamina; endurance; staying power
ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
to coil around; to twine around; to cling (to); to follow around; to hang around
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
(direct) hit; hitting the mark
to drive into (e.g. a nail into a board); to hit into (e.g. a home run into the stands); to throw into (e.g. jail); to drum into (someone) (an idea, skill, etc.); to hammer into
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
to pull out; to draw out; to omit; to leave out; to do to the end; to do thoroughly; to let out (e.g. air from a tyre)
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
(for) one's own use; personal use; private use