available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
to chop off; to snip off; to cut off (e.g. a conversation); to fire (a person)
rare (or peculiar) animal
to play with (a toy, one's hair, etc.); to fiddle with; to toy with (another's emotions, etc.); to trifle with; to do with something as one pleases; to appreciate
to be lucky; to be in luck; to be attached; to have; to be included
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
pleasant (of a sensation); comfortable; cheerful; happy; smooth (of function); working well
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
(tear) to pieces; (rip) apart; with a rattle; with a shudder; feeling an electric shock
one's share; one's portion
salary; pay; medical care; treatment; advance preparation
fullness; completeness; enhancement; improvement; replenishment; repletion
change; alteration; substitute; spare; rate of exchange
I appreciate your efforts
to recommend (someone to do); to advise; to recommend (a book, someone for a position, etc.); to suggest; to offer (a drink, cigarette, seat, etc.)
embarrassed smile; embarrassed laugh; bashful smile
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
complexion; skin tone; skin colour; countenance; look (on one's face); expression
Rubens; Rubens, Peter Paul (1577-1640; Flemish artist)
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to shrink back; to wince; to flinch; to recoil
to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with
what's what; heads or tails
invitation; solicitation; canvassing; canvasing; inducement; persuasion
to stiffen; to become stiff; to harden
difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different
so (condensed milk product eaten in ancient Japan); Soviet Union
one's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
perpetual youth and longevity; immortality
implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation; actualization
terrible; terrifying; dreadful; astonishing; astounding; staggering
that kind of; that sort of; that; like that; in that way; so
from beginning to end; from start to finish; from first to last; end-to-end; all the way through
surging waves; raging billows; turbulent; tempestuous; tumultuous
foolish; idiotic; stupid; ridiculous; absurd
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
fateful; decisive (e.g. war)
strategic point; crucial time; watershed; crunch