enthusiast; mania; enthusiasm
bookshelves; bookshelf; bookcase
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
done; just done; just finished
real intention; motive; true opinion; what one really thinks
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
collection of short stories; collected short stories
betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)
too; also; still; as before; even so; either way
frame-by-frame recording (animation); stop motion
slovenly; loose; sluttish; slatternly; untidy; undisciplined
shrewdness; sharpness; astuteness; acumen; tact
in the course of one's duties
to impose (a tax, fine, etc.); to levy; to assign (a task, duty, etc.); to give; to set
to forget oneself; to lose control of oneself
clotted blood; gore; sticky clots of blood
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
strongly; violently; with all one's strength
inhabitant; resident; citizen; population
ladder; stairs; going to several places in succession (e.g. barhopping)
garbage dump; scrap heap; rubbish dump; dump; dumpsite
indolence; laziness; sloth
cooking; food preparation
multi-use; combined use; combination; serving two purposes
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
tedious talk; impertinent talk; repetitious talk; saucy speech; pretentious statement
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
benjamin fig (Ficus benjamina); weeping fig; ficus
speech; tongue; dialect; brogue; bento; Japanese box lunch; petal
to muster (e.g. courage); to gather; to collect; to pluck up
touting; tout; barker; pander
Jon; John; Gjon; Jonathan
protocol; written evidence; record (investigation, interrogation, etc.); preliminary memo; charge sheet