soundproofing; sound insulation
rate; ratio; proportion; percentage
spine; line of the backbone; seam down the back (of clothing)
chill; the shivers; shivering fit; cold; coldness; cold air
rather; better; instead; if anything
all; entire; whole; altogether
leaving behind; desertion; abandonment
whereabout; about where; how much
just above; right overhead
two eights; hachi-hachi (type of game)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with
to fit into (a box, frame, category, etc.); to be contained within; to settle down (into); to be installed (in one's rightful place); to settle into (one's position); to take up (a post)
writing implement; writing tool
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
discourtesy; impoliteness; excuse me; goodbye; to leave; to be rude
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
love birds; sickeningly sweet and soppy couple
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
sunlight; rays of the Sun
protection; safeguard; guardianship; preservation; conservation
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
near; neighbourhood; nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year"); close to; shortly; soon
movement; transfer; migration; mobile; moving; traveling
calculation; reckoning; count; forecast
vigorously; with great force; energetically; enthusiastically; with spirit
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
triple; treble; threefold; three-ply; triplicate
(in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; around; about; for instance; say
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; I don't get it; I'm confused; I'm lost
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap