suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years); apprenticeship; indentureship; indenture
detached house; single house; single building; isolated house; house in isolated location
sign of life; human presence; humanity; humaneness
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
certain; sure; doubtless; I have no doubt; You can depend on it; It's a safe bet
excitement; stimulation; agitation; arousal
to creep; to steal up; to draw near unnoticed
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
bravery; courage; heroism
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
through; throughout; in the course of; all over or throughout (e.g. a place)
as if it weren't already enough
suit (clothing); suit (playing cards)
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to throw at; to turn; to raise
you; you bastard; you son of a bitch; (arch.) you
scrap; piece; fag end; unimportant (person); petty (official); barely (in a role)
-less; lacking; non-existing
full dress; formal dress; uniform
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
to dress oneself up; to deck oneself out
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
I got it; I see; I now know; So that's the reason
simply put; putting it simply; in short
self-evident truth; obvious fact; truism; axiom
to write down; to record; to register
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
secrecy; highly classified information
to fold up; to fold into layers
to tie; to bind; to bear (fruit); to close (e.g. deal); to confirm; to connect (two distant places); to close tightly
at hand; on hand; way of moving one's arms; skill; money at hand; pocket money
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
National Science Foundation (USA); NSF
to attract interest; to arouse someone's interest
memory; sense; experience
enumeration; citation; listing
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
encryption; encipherment; password protection
study; research; investigation