loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items; coins; small change
dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving
as usual; as always; as ever; as before; still
unexpected (but welcome) visitor; rare guest
coworker; co-worker; colleague; associate
physical contact (between friends, mother and child, etc.); physical intimacy
fly in the ointment; small flaw in otherwise perfect object; only trouble; only fault
site visit (auditors, public accountants, etc.)
to put oneself in (situation, environment, etc.); to surround oneself with
honour; honor; glory; privilege
worldly-minded person; materialist; uncultured person; philistine; vulgar person; snob
until then; till then; to that extent; the end of it; all there is to it
with great caution; gingerly
to lie down; to throw oneself down
hazing; gruelling training; waistband; woman's undergirdle
very; greatly; much; just about to; almost; very nearly
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
doubt; skepticism; scepticism; disbelief
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
provisional; temporary; tentative
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation
abdomen; belly; womb; one's mind; one's real intentions; courage; nerve
munching; crunching; scratching (an itch)
to ask a question; to ask questions
distorted; crooked; oval; elliptical shape; round, wooden container for cooked rice; oval coin
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
general idea; concept; notion
permeation (of thought, ideology, culture, etc.); infiltration (e.g. of ideas); permeation (of a liquid, etc.); soaking; osmosis
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
carefully made; carefully produced; quality product; product made with care
slumping; flopping down; heavily rotating
to turn over (in one's sleep); to toss and turn (in bed); to change sides; to double-cross; to betray
to poke (repeatedly, lightly); to nudge; to peck at (one's food); to pick at; to peck at (someone's faults, etc.); to egg on
emergency meeting; urgent meeting; emergency session; emergency conference
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
going home from work; on the way home from work