caller; visitor; company; guest
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
best one could ask for; just what one wants; welcome (news); heaven-sent
fine weather; splendid weather
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
back off!; leave me alone!
brief moment; blink of an eye (time span)
headache inducing; vexing
to spill; to drop; to grumble (about); to complain (of); to let (one's feelings) show
completely; entirely; nonchalantly; as if nothing happened
to beg; to pester; to plead; to coax; to hound; to importune
disposal; throwing away; dealing with (a problem); measure; punishment; penalty
to rage; to storm (at); to be furious; to enthuse; to speak enthusiastically; to speak with vigour
how; in what way; in what manner
no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook
impossible proposition; unreasonable proposal; tall order
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny; brightly; clearly
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
boarding (someone); catering; board; provided meals; cook; caterer
counter for places (offices, facilities, stations)
kitchen; financial situation; finances
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
steamship; steamboat; steamer
sailing ship; sailing boat; sailing vessel
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
not necessarily so; is not always true; there is no guarantee that ...; there is no telling
to roll up; to be rolled up
foreign; abroad; overseas
people; citizens; subjects; folk
female bird; hen (female chicken)
best; extra-fine; exceptionally; extraordinarily; jumping and slashing (e.g. at an enemy)
wedge; chock; linchpin; tie; bond