landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
desire to tease; desire to cause mischief
hardening; fortifying; pledge; vow; defense; defence
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
burst (e.g. dam, embankment, levee); breach; collapse; washout; rupture
retainer; attendant; escort
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
to spread; to propagate; to popularize; to broaden; to extend; to widen
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
remains; dregs; vestiges; remnant; residue
absent-mindedly; idly; vacantly; doing nothing
to make one's story to seem coherent; to adjust one's story to fit the situation
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; shapely; neatly; cleanly; without trouble; clearly
living; lifestyle; living room
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
hum (of a TV, radio, etc.)
typical; representative; archetypal; quintessential; stereotypical; model
severe (injury, handicap, etc.); serious
to concern; to be related
people; (all) persons; you (usu. plural); various
extravagant; absurd; unbelievable; enormous; tremendous; extraordinary
teriyaki (meat or fish marinated in sweet soy sauce and broiled)
seems to be; appears to have; supposed to be
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
expresses a firm view or feeling; please ...; would you ...
food; foodstuff; prey; victim
open; frank; liberal; open-minded