pleasant; agreeable; comfortable
old book; rare book; classic; secondhand book; used book
secondhand book; ancient book; antiquarian books
to cram; to stuff; to jam; to squeeze; to compress; to pack
repeatedly; over and over again; several layers deep; layer upon layer; row upon row
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to be too numerous; to be too much
collection of books; (personal) library
(sense of) cleanliness; (sense of) freshness
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
stylish; smart; with a crack; crisply (e.g. fried, starched); tearing off; ripping off
to wear (clothes) stylishly; to dress oneself stylishly
manner; demeanour; demeanor; bearing
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
to be refined; to be polished; to be stylish; to be sophisticated
man's looks; handsomeness; good-lookingness
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
housework; domestic chores; family affairs; household matters
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
every day; daily; day after day; days (e.g. good old days)
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
beginning and end; from beginning to end; result; outcome; dealing with something successfully
reservation; putting on hold; deferment
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to press a question; to cross-examine
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
dangerous; unsettled; troubled; disturbed; insecure
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to chip; to be chipped; to be missing (from a set, team, etc.); to be absent; to be lacking (in); to be short (of)
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...)
staying somewhere else (overnight); spending the night away (e.g. from home); going home (e.g. from hospital) for the night; sleepover