light; right; right field; right fielder
writing implement; writing tool
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
another (person); the other person; one more (person)
to cut into (a conversation); to interject
thicket; coppice; brushwood
to squat; to crouch down (completely, generally with face looking through knees)
frequently; repeatedly; eagerly; keenly; hard; terribly
incomprehensible; nonsensical; puzzling; mysterious; meaningless
something; some kind of; for some reason
neglect (dereliction) of duty; negligence
anonymity; using an assumed name
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
birdwatching; bird watching
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much
to get fed up with; to get sick of; to become disgusted with
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
rudely (barging in); straight; directly; without hesitation; without permission
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
hairy caterpillar; woolly bear; pest; nudnik (nudnick)
stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing
Mr; Mrs; clan; he; him; counter for people
oil; petroleum; kerosene; paraffin
plant (i.e. equipment, machinery, etc.); plant; vegetation
factory; plant; mill; workshop
Cupar (Britain); Cooper; Couper; Cowper
to detain; to check; to restrain
to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)
straight (ahead); direct; upright; straightforward; honest; frank
to know (a person); to think
to load (a gun, etc.); to charge; to put into (e.g. emotion, effort); to include (e.g. tax in a sales price); to hang over; to shroud
subtext; implication; connotation; implicit meaning; between the lines
club; fraternity; sorority; clubhouse
head of a police station; chief of a police station; superintendent
intimacy; familiarity; closeness
vacantly; blankly; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; with a whack; with a thump
belt (waist, seat, etc.); strap; belt; zone; drive belt; machine belt