habit; behavior; behaviour; trait
very much; exceedingly; extremely
poverty-stricken; destitute; poor; penurious
bathing; going in the bath
jack; knave; (electrical) jack; hijack; hijacking
mark; sign; to mark; to put a mark on; trademark; paying attention to
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
details; particulars; detailed; specific; close-up view (of a digitally displayed map); zoomed-in view
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
situation report; status report; progress report
originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with
spare time; free time; time (it takes to do something); time required; time off; leave; dismissal
watch; guard; lookout; surveillance; watchman; sentinel
interruption; discontinuance; suspension; cancellation (of a planned event); calling off
daughter; girl (i.e. a young, unmarried woman)
to sink (into); to get depressed
in that manner; like that
with a whiff; with a puff; suddenly; abruptly; without warning
snappingly; with a snap; no more or less than; merely ...; exactly ...
strange; odd; unusual; eccentric; peculiar
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
rice seasoned and cooked with various ingredients
taro (Colocasia esculenta); dasheen; eddo
nimono; food cooked by boiling or stewing
plastic food storage container; Tupperware
wear; clothing; ware; goods; -ware; software
to bow; to bow one's head; to apologize; to apologise; to bow to; to yield to
to be palatable; to suit one's taste
footpath; walkway; sidewalk; pavement
dry riverbed; river beach
shout; cry; outcry; yell; shriek; scream
binding; regulation; limit; binding period (e.g. phone or broadband contract); minimum contract term
field; plain; prairie; moor
to place in a row; to line up; to range in order; to list one after another (e.g. excuses, reasons, complaints); to rattle off (e.g. lies, compliments); to reel off
one after another; continuously; incessantly; in succession; by turns
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
ignoring; disregarding; taking no notice of; refusing to comment on; turning a deaf ear to