pot (esp. teapot, coffee-pot); vacuum bottle; thermos flask
shifting (the burden) onto; ill effects; negative consequences; burden
with energy (of parties and such); enthusiastically; going all out
rest area; rest stop; service area (next to a highway); service station; parking area
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to crack a joke; to tell a joke
subtleties; niceties; fine points; subtle; sensitive
for better or worse; for good and bad; regardless of merit; both good and bad
age difference; disparity in age; age gap
doddering; tottering; unsteady; shaky; decrepit; infirm
exactly; just; precisely; punctually; exactly on time
assistant; associate; duplicate; copy; adverb
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
outer surface; outward appearance; outside; outside; outer; outward
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
night view; night skyline; nightscape
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
faint; trance; swoon; stupefaction
high place; high altitude; heights; broad view
metal plate; metallic plate
effeminate; unmanly; cowardly; sissy
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
treasure; picture of a treasure ship; money; cash
descendant; posterity; offspring
confirmed as completed; everything must go (e.g. in a sale)
predecessor; pioneer; ancestor
charmless; lacking charm; not adorable; unendearing; not very nice at all
distinction; differentiation; discrimination; discrimination (against people)