being (somewhere); sitting
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
operating expenses; budget
nationally protected chicken breed; free-range local traditional pedigree chicken; chicken meat from same; locally raised chicken
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
eight-sided shape; octagon
low table; table with very short legs
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to part left and right; to open out
surveillance camera; security camera
farming implement; farm tools
sharp pain; acute pain; intense pain
family quarrel; quarrel between parent and child
marital quarrel; argument between husband and wife
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
to be moreish; to have a quality that encourages you to eat (drink) more of them after; to have lingering effects
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
statesman; administrator; politician; policymaker
plating (chrome, gold, silver, etc.); coating; gilding; pretense; pretence; simulation
petty bourgeois; lower middle class
convenience; accommodation; advantage; benefit; expediency
to give off (a smell, scent, aroma); to smell of; to perfume (a room, etc.); to hint at; to suggest; to insinuate
on bad terms; at loggerheads
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
bribe; money under the table
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
ownership; dominion; ownership rights; proprietorship; property rights
even; even if; even though; because of; on the grounds that
support; backing; endorsement; support; holding up; propping
heavy work; manual labour; feat of strength
one's own expense; out-of-pocket expense
shortsighted; narrow-minded
to knock down; to tear down; to crush (e.g. enemy); to throw into confusion; to refute; to pick apart