boxed lunch bought at a station (often a local specialty); sexual position in which one person stands supporting the other
water; (drinking) water; night entertainment business; nightlife worker; racy; titillating
tasteless; dry as dust; insipid; flat; dull
family a woman has married into
platform; home; home base; home plate
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
to return to where one came from; to return to one's parents' home (after a divorce or separation)
wink of sleep; snooze; doze; nap
to do together; to put together; to lump together; to regard in the same light; to put in the same category; to arrange for (two people) to marry
glaringly; dazzlingly; blazingly
will not do; do not; does not
gaudy; loud; garish; intense; harsh; extreme
multi-storey car park (multi-story); parking structure; parking deck; mechanical stacked car park
good; excellent; fine; nice; pleasant; agreeable
to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
sea of trees; broad expanse of dense woodland; abundant leafage
signal; signalling; signaling; traffic light; traffic signal
car (running) on the opposite lane; oncoming car; oncoming traffic
sign; mark; marker; marker
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
to go with the flow; to go with the times
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
esophagus; oesophagus; gullet
to reduce (one's) speed; to slow down (driving, cycling, etc.)
shoulder (of a road); berm
stopping (of a train, car, etc.); stop
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
to stretch (unbend) oneself
storage; putting away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
will-o'-the-wisp; ignis fatuus
constellation; astrological sign; star sign; zodiac sign
to form a group; to form a bunch
to notice; to realize; to be attentive; to be scrupulous; to regain consciousness; to come to (one's senses)