lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
to prostrate oneself before
each time; always; often; thank you for your continued patronage
(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality
requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)
distinction; differentiation; classification
knothole; peep-hole; bad eyes
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
failed attempt (at a crime, suicide, etc.)
ago; since; before; previous
failure; defective article; dead loss; good-for-nothing; worthless person; flop
one's house; one's home; one's family
volley firing; fusillade; broadside
transmission (e.g. news, chemical signals, electricity); communication; delivery; conveyance; transfer; relay
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
capture; seizure; military capture of a foreign vessel; making a prize of
opening (a door, window, etc.); leaving open; opening up (e.g. to the public); allowing (public) access
impact (of a projectile); landing (of a bullet); striking
to cook (food); to manage well; to handle well
prohibition; interdiction; forbidden; prohibited
numeral; figure; digit; numeric character
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
(carrying) close to one's person; next to the skin
publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)
to explain; to dispel doubts
superior airs; air of importance; overemphasis
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to look through; to hold up to the light; to make an opening; to leave space; to fart without making a sound
as you see; as you can see
to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue
miserable; disconsolate; helpless; cheerless; downhearted; dreary
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
Ladies and Gentlemen!; all of you; everyone
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to be stumped; to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be fed up; to be tired (of); to be unable to bear