funny story; funny anecdote
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
glue (usu. from animal and fish bone, skin, etc.)
timetable; schedule; allocation of time (e.g. to tasks); time usage
traveling bag; travelling bag; suitcase
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
party; group; troop; one act; one action; one deed
police officer; policeman; constable
factory worker; craftsman; artisan
hound; hunting dog; gun dog
completely satisfied; as pleased as can be
training school or institute
assumption; supposition; hypothesis
mankind; the human creature; fellow creatures
to lament; to grieve; to regret; to deplore
mixture; jumble; cord made by entwining threads of various colours
stupidity; silliness; asininity; imbecility; dim-wittedness
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to get dirty; to become dirty; to become sullied; to become corrupted; to lose one's chastity
mall; maul (in rugby); mole; Moor; molding
latch; lock; sneck; (arch.) joint of the jaw
bustle; crinolette; hip pad (football); loin guard (armor); tasse
ugly (of a person); plain; unattractive; (arch.) lacking ability; (arch.) incompetent
to put on coquettish airs; to act flirtatiously; to act kittenish
tousled; shaggy (hair); scraggly (beard); dishevelled; disheveled; unkempt
shameful; disgraceful; indecent; unseemly; unbecoming; improper
in the company of; accompanied by ...; as a group comprising ...; likes of ...
foolish; nonsensical; absurd; ridiculous; trifling
goblin; apparition; monster; ghost; phantom; spectre
patch; patching; join; joining; successor; heir