being unable to laugh (at a funny but serious situation); forced to hold back laughter
period of poor employment opportunities; job drought; (lit.) employment ice age
aviary; henhouse; chicken house
playing dead; feigning death; playing possum
Ceres (dwarf planet); Ceres (Roman goddess)
escape hatch; escape door
standard equipment; standard feature
stuffed toy; stuffed animal; plush toy; soft toy; cuddly toy
cannot be avoided (of a problem, etc.); unavoidable; inevitable
collective responsibility; joint liability
piping hot; scalding; madly in love; passionately in love
stopping functioning; being out of service
downheartedly; dejectedly; dispiritedly; despondently
utmost limit; extremity; result
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to be hurtful; to resonate emotionally (with one)
televising; broadcasting; airing
in bad taste; vulgar; tasteless
extinguishing; dying out (of a fire); putting out
wound; injury; accident; assault; inflicting bodily injury
and (so); (and) then; because of which; in addition to that
hazardous materials; dangerous goods; explosives; combustibles
to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out
this is why; this means; it is the case that
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus); domestic chicken; chicken meat
viewer; (television) audience
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
independent action; acting alone
bathhouse; (public) bath; bathroom
talented; gifted; prodigious; virtuoso; masterful
empty seat; unoccupied seat; vacancy; vacant post
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
to entice; to tempt; to invite someone to join in
to conceal; to keep secret; to cover up
rising (from one's bed); getting up; getting out of bed
spirit; psyche; god; deity; divinity