to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
to shine; to glitter; to be bright
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
handicraft; work; construction; maneuvering; manoeuvering
profitable; worn-out; crumbling
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
order picking (taking goods from a warehouse to fulfil customer orders); lock picking; picking (a guitar, banjo, etc.)
very easy; piece of cake; child's play; before breakfast
semibasement; semi-basement
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
plastic sheet (usu. blue); vinyl sheet; tarpaulin
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
station wagon; estate car; minivan; people carrier
number plate; licence plate; license plate
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
several people; a few people
another time; again; over again; formally; especially; intentionally
to burn; to scorch; to char; to singe
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
only; merely; but; no more than
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to search for; to look for; to hunt for; to search (a house, pocket, etc.); to search through; to rummage in (e.g. a drawer)
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful
intelligence or information network
even if; even though; however; no matter how
enough; sufficient; sufficiently; fully; division into ten
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
Hong Konger; person from Hong Kong