festival merrymaking; revelry
in swarms; in great crowds
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
to drain; to flow (unobstructed); to sell well; to be in good demand; to exit the stage; to remove (a prop) from the stage
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
to sell like hot cakes; to fly off the shelves
to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
church; chapel; synagogue; tabernacle
to own; to receive; to understand
hoop (of a barrel, bucket, etc.)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
police officer; policeman; constable
the aforementioned; the said; (man, incident, etc.) in question; the usual
jostling; being jostled; being mobbed; crumpling
for (e.g. "she dances well for an eight-year old"); considering it's (something or someone)
very; greatly; immense; enormous; serious; grave
exit; gateway; way out; outlet; vent; leak
to order; to command; to appoint
somewhat; to some extent; to some degree; some; part; portion
strangeness; abnormality; disorder
air; atmosphere; mood; situation; someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all
on one occasion; once; at one point; at one time
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
messenger; envoy; emissary
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that
to give up all thoughts of; to abandon; to despair of; to make up one's mind; to take a momentous decision
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
mistress; kept woman; concubine
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
to shine; to be visible; to be tinged with; to rise (of water levels); to flow in; to be felt (i.e. as an emotion); to come over one
resonance; sympathy (with a view, idea, etc.)
emphasis; highlight; stress; stressed point
going; travelling; act; action; bank; counter for banks; counter for groups or parties of people
here and there; little by little; sporadically; dots; spots
excellent idea; great insight; clearsightedness; penetration; wisdom
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
I; me; personal (affairs, etc.); private; selfishness; partiality
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")