to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
acting as agent; acting on (someone's) behalf; executing business for
one's house; one's home; one's family
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
lunch; midday meal; food served at a tea party (tea ceremony)
killing time; staving off boredom
to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
will (probably); intend (to do); will; should; ought to
distribution (of information, etc.); broadcast; delivery; transmission; streaming
bureau; department; office (e.g. post, telephone); broadcasting station (e.g. television, radio); affair; situation
satisfactory; decent; good; proper; worthy
program (e.g. TV); programme
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)
tire track; traces of a person or thing; path one has taken; locus
to draw; to paint; to depict; to describe; to picture in one's mind; to imagine
joints; points (of a speech)
praise; tribute; inscription (on a painting)
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
to lean (to one side); to incline; to be unbalanced (e.g. diet); to be unduly weighted towards; to be partial; to be biased
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
perfection; thoroughness; consummation
pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting
to make an appeal; to urge
to get tired of; to lose interest in; to be fed up with; to have enough
town; block; downtown; main street; street; road
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
the person in question; prominent figure; distinguished person; that person
not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently
to tie up in a bundle (e.g. straw, hair, bills, letters); to bundle; to govern; to manage; to fold (one's arms); to put together (one's hands)
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
act of barbarity; barbarism; brutality; savagery
to build up; to complete; to construct; to make up; to fabricate; to invent
certainly; surely; definitely
having a meal (before doing something); fortifying oneself with a meal