ring; loop (of rope); halo (of an angel)
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
remembrance; recollection; recognition
to stub out (e.g. a cigarette); to crush out; to smother (fire); to hush up; to cover up; to stifle
whistling (wind); blowing; fluttering (in the wind); waving; staggering; tottering
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to get slightly dirty (all over)
jacket; book jacket; dust cover; CD jacket; record jacket
right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct
questioning (e.g. by police)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
cigarette end; cigarette butt; tobacco ashes
to pick up; to find; to gather
drainage; ditch; gutter; sewage; black water
manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
up through; up until; down to; from ... to ... (e.g. from head to toe); everything from ... to ...
free (of restraint, controls, etc.); free (of cost); freelance; one-size
and; moreover; besides; as well as; and on top of that; at the same time
press club; correspondents' club
arrangement; pact; agreement
in person; personally; directly
to lay in stock; to replenish stock; to procure; to learn; to find out; to take in
underground; unconventional; radical; shady
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
to hate the very sight of; to hold a grudge against; to treat like an enemy; to bear constant enmity; to be gunning for; to have it in for
if possible; preferably; if circumstances allow
to telephone; to make a phone call
direct line; direct communication; connecting directly; through service; nonstop service
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
thin; slender; fine; unlucky
interception (email); wiretap; bug
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
freely; impudently; brazenly; shamelessly; however one wishes
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
impudent; shameless; brazen; forward; audacious; cheeky
illumination; decorative lighting