to get used to living (in); to live (somewhere) for a long time
requisition; requisitioning; seizure; confiscation; impounding; retaining (e.g. deposit)
in accordance with; pursuant to; in proportion to; according to; in the same manner as; in the same way as
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to compete with; to vie for
results (of a study or investigation)
all over (the place); throughout; everywhere; every inch; every part; from head to toe
way (of doing); manner; method
small person acting arrogantly on someone else's authority; person who borrows the authority of another to browbeat others; (lit.) a fox that borrows the authority of a tiger
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
flush with money; having a full purse; having a full handbag
pleasantly warm; nice and warm; repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
operating expenses; budget
damply; moistly; clammily; stickily
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
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
joke; pun; jest; smartly dressed; stylish; fashion-conscious
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) 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
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; leading; strong; powerful; likely
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
to become thin; to lose weight; to slim; to become impoverished (of soil); to become sterile; to become infertile
townsman; townswoman; resident of a town; townspeople; townsfolk