belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt
boorish; inelegant; unpolished; unromantic; tactless
indicate reason; infers some protest
enjoyment; pleasure; diversion; amusement; hobby
sole; single; solo; independence; singleness; singularity
long time (since the last time); first in a long time
hustle and bustle; throng; crowd; congestion; traffic jam
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
sham marriage; fake marriage
only recently; just of late
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
on the surface; ostensibly; superficially; apparently
association; socializing; socialising; fellowship
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
piling up; multiple layers
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
to underrate; to make light of
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
free range breeding; pasturing; grazing; letting run free (dog, child, etc.)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
same family (race, tribe)
sub-; -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite; Asia; Argentina; Arabia; America
to have one's name entered (in a list)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
switching over to; migration; transition
to throb (with pain); to ache; to smart; to rankle; to gall; to rile
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
living; lifestyle; living room
study; library; den; home office; reading room
physical strength; the strength of one's muscles
characteristic (of); peculiar (to)
sound of footsteps; sense or sign that something is approaching
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other