kitchen waste; food scraps; raw garbage
kind offices; services; through the good offices of; intercession; mediation
perfect; complete; flawless
taking in; bringing in; capturing (e.g. customers); attracting; confusion; bustle
to demand money; to pester; to extort
excuse me for disturbing (interrupting) you; greeting used when entering someone's home
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
wrong; different; not like that
to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge
to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright
inspiration; afflatus; ability to sense the supernatural (esp. ghosts, etc.)
to cough violently; to have a coughing fit
municipal office; council; city hall
(next-door) neighbour; neighbor
offensive smell; off-flavor; off-flavour
flapping sound (of wings); fluttering; hum (of insects); whizz (of a flying arrow); whoosh
short-tempered; quick-tempered; hasty
to solicit; to demand; to extort
economical; bargain; good value; good-value
preconception; preconceived notion; prejudice
thicket; bush; grove; (medical) quack
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
encroachment; erosion; corrosion
complaint; troubles; objection; grievance
decomposition; putrefaction; putrescence; corruption; degeneracy; decay
government office; public office
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean
thunder; thunderclap; crash of thunder
to become frightened; to be frightened (of); to be scared (of)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
(one's) older sister; (one's) elder sister; girl
speaking voice; talking voice
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
healthy; sound; wholesome
faint; indistinct; dim; (arch.) few; (arch.) a little
please!; I'm asking you; for heaven's sake
to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
now that you say that; now that you mention it
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
having in mind; happening to know of; idea