to employ; to hire; to charter
release; liberation; acquittal
poor; pitiable; pathetic; pitiful
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
junior (at work, school, etc.); younger people; younger student
to be much obliged (to someone); to receive favor (favour); to be indebted; to be grateful
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)
massing (of troops); gathering
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
transformation; abnormality; sexual perversion; pervert; metamorphosis; transformation
to dance (orig. a hopping dance)
boy; bellboy; porter; waiter
hobby; pastime; tastes; preference; liking
observation; survey; watching
picking; collecting; harvesting
martial arts which involve fighting without weapons; combat sport; one-on-one fighting sport
question; inquiry; enquiry
to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to be startled; to be surprised; (arch.) to be shy; (arch.) to be bashful
role; assignment; position (of responsibility); post; part (in a play, film, etc.); role
with a view to marriage; with marriage in mind
cohabitation (usu. of a romantically involved couple); living together
wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
let me see; well; errr ...; uhh ...
at one's feet; underfoot; gait; pace; most recent; current
to associate with; to keep company with; to go out with; to go along with; to follow someone's lead; to accompany someone
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
correct; right; correct interpretation (answer, solution)
last night; yesterday evening
number; edition; sobriquet; pen-name; size (of printing types, canvases, knitting needles, etc.); suffix attached to names of ships, trains, airplanes, etc.
to cling to; to hold on to; to grapple; to set about doing; to begin; to take hold of
popular name; common name; nickname; alias
Aldebaran (star in the constellation Taurus); Alpha Tauri
sixth day of the month; six days
substitution; alternation; alternative; substitute
ninth day of the month; nine days
third day of the month; three days
to rush into; to surge into; to crowd into
according to; by (means of); due to; because of
all citizens; all the city's inhabitants; the whole city