careful; elaborate; scrupulous
multiplication table; times table
(at a rate of) once a month; 10 percent monthly interest
volume (sound level); volume (books); volume; substantial quantity (e.g. hearty meal); any kind of adjustment knob, not necessarily for sound
to have the personal support of (an influential person); to be under the patronage of
whichever one chooses; either way
desperate; frantic; excited; worked up; heated; eager
schedule; program; programme; agenda
forwarding agency; express company
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
entry (into a library, museum, etc.); entering
blank form; sheets of paper; sheet of paper
registry; entry; book-keeping; signature
coming to an embassy, theatre, library, etc.
itemized form; itemised form; itemization; itemisation
bureaucratic routine; red tape
clearing one's throat; cough
to claim victims; to leave casualties
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to worry about the future
opposite side; other side; other party
place of enshrinement; morgue; mortuary
to smoke (e.g. fire); to billow smoke; to smoulder; to be hazy; to look dim
dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
to rain (or snow), keeping people indoors
slightly bitter (taste); bittersweet (memory, experience, etc.)
to fabricate; to invent; to make up (a story); to cobble up; to put together in a hurry
police drama (television); detective drama
six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference
to spring; to bound; to be stimulated; to be encouraged; to pay handsomely; to splurge
to pull oneself together; to collect oneself (after a failure); to regain control (of oneself)
a little late; somewhat late; latish; a little slow; somewhat slow
compulsory; obligatory; mandatory
four-eyed; pattern of four squares