request; favour (to ask); wish; please
person of common sense; common sense man
Mont Blanc (chestnut and cream dessert)
black; black (coffee); exploitative (company); overly harsh; boldface; blackface
American; American-style (weak) drip coffee
front tooth; foretooth; incisor
colored thing (clothing, fabric, paper, etc.) (coloured); variety shows
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
just to make sure; just to be sure; for confirmation; just in case; for caution's sake; by way of precaution
serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
condition; state; health; state (of health); way; manner
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
soundly (sleeping); fast (asleep)
without cause; without reason
confused; disordered; faltered; incoherent; inconsistent
to change the subject (e.g. away from something awkward or inconvenient)
immediately; right away; on the spot
to jump out; to leap out; to appear (suddenly); to emerge; to protrude; to project
standing at attention; standing stiffly upright
posture; pose; position; attitude; approach; stance
with a snap; (break) cleanly; (reject) sternly; flatly; smartly (e.g. of dressing up well)
point; dot; one point; one matter; one point (in a game, exam, etc.); one mark
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
training; drill; practice; discipline
quizzical; puzzled; inquisitive; suspicious; doubtful
to perform; to do; to conduct oneself; to carry out
co-sleeping; sleeping together
being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake
to exceed (esp. figures: profits, unemployment rate, etc.); to surpass; to be more than; to be better than
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
more and more; all the more; at last; finally; (at the) last moment; worst possible time
the whole day; all the day