fragment; scrap; piece; shred
manual labor; manual labour; toil; Labour Party
working in the fields; working on a farm
great speed; extreme speed; swiftness
fabric softener; fabric conditioner
being imprisoned; being sent to prison
carrying on one's back (e.g. baby); piggybacking; (arch.) last; (arch.) end
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
stereotyped; stereotypical; invariable; like clockwork; regular
horizontal stripes; lateral stripes
no good; not allowed; not acceptable; outtake; blooper; retake
what's in one's heart; one's emotional state; what one feels
empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; (lit.) eyes of a dead fish
newcomer; initiate; rookie
crackling (of fire, fireworks, etc.); sparking; sputtering; to fight; to argue
heterosexuality; heterosexual love
classification; categorization; sorting
someone who is in their element; (lit.) fish that has found water
to pay no heed to; to not care about; to take no notice of
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
discipline; punishment; reprimand
chamber; room; home of a monk; monk; Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
battery; battery; pitcher and catcher
(one's) wife; (someone's) wife; landlady
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
of no concern; nothing; trivial; (lit.) not even a fart
bachelorhood; single; unmarried; celibate
to have a warped view; to be jaundiced; to feel that one has been unfairly treated; to be jealous; to be envious
female prisoner; female convict
sending home; repatriation; deportation
much less; to say nothing of
creeping at night into a woman's bedroom; stealing into a girl's bedroom at night to make love; sneaking visit
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling, atmosphere, etc.); serious; gloomy
proposal; offer; report; proposition; notice; request
to turn a deaf ear to; to not listen to; to not get the message