six (long cylindrical things)
snuggling; nuzzling; cuddling
baseball stadium; ballpark
furniture store; furniture dealer
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
sunshade; window shade; awning; lamp shade
waiting room; anteroom; antechamber; green room
to grope; to feel around (in one's pocket, bag, etc.)
traditional; customary; conventional
start; beginning; build up; how well a pitcher pitches at the start of the game
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)
to sit in a row; to be arrayed
assembly hall; meeting place; venue; site; grounds
absentmindedness; preoccupation; setting one's mind at ease; ceasing to worry; (arch.) loss of one's moral sense; (arch.) straying from virtue
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; by the way
practice; experience; habituation; being used to; being comfortable with; being experienced in
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
everywhere; all over; throughout
secrecy; highly classified information
clause; article; stipulations
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
just the other day; quite recently
derivation; development; offshoot
grandfather; male senior-citizen; old man
to well up; to burst; to arise
Washington, D.C. (United States); Washington (US state)
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...