in a hurry; hurriedly; hastily; helter-skelter; hurry-scurry; in a panic
degassing; gas drainage; gas venting; letting off steam; giving vent to one's frustrations; cooling off
disposition; inclination; characteristic; sexual disposition; fetish
common reed (Phragmites australis)
growing thickly; growing densely
algae; waterweed; seaweed; duckweed
wall iris; roof iris; Iris tectorum; fleur-de-lis
departure (of a boat, plane); setting sail; leaving port; putting out to sea; takeoff
Mary Celeste (famous British ship found in 1872 without crew or passengers)
drifting; drift; being adrift
crew member; crewman; crew
cook-house; galley; kitchen
ship's captain; skipper; length of a ship; boatman
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
coffee cup; spinning teacups (amusement ride)
snugly; neatly; compactly; cosily
square metre; square meter
to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at
normally; ordinarily; by anyone's standards; by normal standards; without any issues; without any difficulty
prison; jail; gaol; penitentiary
to disappear; to vanish; to bolt; to go into hiding
about this time; about now
one's person; around one's person
company president; manager; director
running off in the night (to leave one's old life behind, e.g. to get away from debt); moonlight flit; skipping town overnight; upping and leaving under the cover of darkness; midnight vanishing act
simplistic (thinking, idea, etc.); hasty
ill-bred; vulgar; boorish
professional gambler; gangster; gang member; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well; hoodlum
completely empty; penniless; flat broke
(member of the) yakuza; gangster; hoodlum; racketeer; useless; worthless