congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
to go (come) inside; to step into; to enter
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
conscious; deliberate; intentional
hazard flashers; hazard warning lights; emergency lights
switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
strict; severe; stern; rigid; rigorous; tough
-less; lacking; non-existing
to turn on one's heel; to turn back; to return
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
-clad; in the midst of; tenths (e.g. wholesale price, as tenths of retail price); times (i.e. multiplied by); able-to-seat (of a chair, etc.)
tired feeling; feeling of exhaustion; sense of fatigue; fatigability
third day of the month; three days
the rise of the curtain; opening (of play); beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)
last chapter (book, etc.)
restless; on edge (and unable to concentrate); distracted; for some reason
learning; scholarship; study; study of ...; -ology; -ics
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
unshapely; ill-formed; misshapen; awkward; clumsy
fly swatter; flyswatter; fly swat
horizontally mounted; horizontally parked; placed flat; lay-flat
creaking; groaning (e.g. under physical stress)
to jar; to creak; to grate
crude; rough; plain; humble; shabby
change for the better; improvement; looking better (than before)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
any; anything; whatever; I am told; I hear; I understand
to take into one's possession; to receive; to take into one's care (e.g. person, pet); to take custody of; to leave; to go away
to hear a rumor; to get wind of
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
eyes sparkling; with shining eyes; for one's eyes to gleam
disappointed; dejected; disheartened; indignant; angry
you; presence (of a god, nobleman, etc.)
at least; at most; (even) just
wife (esp. one's own wife); court lady; female court attache; (arch.) woman (esp. as a love interest)