American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
hopeless; good-for-nothing; incorrigible; foolish; preposterous; absurd
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes
carbonated water; sparkling water; fizzy water; soda water
to be hesitant; to feel timid
total; complete; all-out; general; extensive; full-scale
great delight; great satisfaction; rapture
work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of
skewering; skewered food; piercing (and killing; with a spear, etc.); impaling; running through
conversation (just) between you and me; confidential talk
shh!; sh!; shush!; shoo!; go away!
inconvenience; inexpediency; unhandiness
one's nature; one's destiny; custom; tradition; habit
stocking up (on); hoarding
buying and eating sweets (esp. of children); between-meal snacking
most part; greater part; majority
to make one's rounds; to patrol
to be awash with; to teem with; to be full of
trouble; difficulties; dispute; confusion; disorder; mess
to face on; to look out on to
audience seating; (spectator) stands; auditorium; stadium
performer; actor; actress; cast
theory; standard procedure; common strategy; established tactics
to oppress; to persecute; to tyrannize
person who is socially ostracized (e.g. an ex-convict, mistress, illegitimate child); social outcast; person with a shady past; obscure person; person who lives in obscurity; person who has been forgotten by the world
person proud of their voice; amateur singing contest
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
to draw (water); to scoop up; to dip up; to understand (someone's feelings, etc.); to grasp; to surmise
torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times