serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
to make sure of the truth
direct; immediate; personal; firsthand
(period of) a year; during an era
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to sound; to ring; to resound; to echo; to roar; to rumble
limply; wearily; listlessly; languidly; exhaustedly; unenergetically
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
use; utilization; utilisation; application
restaurant (esp. Western-style)
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); just like (someone)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
common people; ordinary people; masses
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
wages; pay; rental payment
cheap; inexpensive; calm; peaceful; quiet
with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous
materials; ingredients; material (for a novel, experiment, etc.); subject matter; grounds (for a decision, judgement, etc.); basis
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
cooking for oneself; cooking one's own food; doing one's own cooking; scanning a book or magazine to create an ebook by oneself
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
live coals (for firelighting); cause (of disturbance, conflict, etc.); trigger
to catch; to capture; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street); towards (someone); at (someone)
to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample); to assume (an attitude)
suddenly; abruptly; unexpectedly
odour; odor; scent; aura; whiff; smacks of ...
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
partly open; in half bloom
to go into; to come into; to penetrate; to become complicated
sniff; sniff-sniff (esp. an animal); whining; whimpering
bowl (wooden); counter for bowls of food or drink
on the bone (meat, etc.); unboned; skeletal system; skeleton