tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly
building time; construction period
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
very great; enormous; serious
to strip; to peel; to tear off
engineering firm; contractor
noisily (crowd of people talking); clamorously; in a hubbub; jabberingly; chatteringly; buzzingly
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
minitruck; light truck; small truck; light pickup
frequent; densely packed; thick
beating (inflicted as punishment); mob violence; mob justice
to fling off; to throw off; to cast aside; to abandon; to throw to the winds
grass used for thatching; sedge used for thatching
state of emergency; emergency; crisis
wounded person; injured person
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
vague; faint; dim; indistinct; hazy; blurry
to become public; to become known; to come out in the open; to be formal; to be official
heavy labor; heavy labour; hard work; hard labor (in prison); hard labour
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
stagnation; tie-up; standstill; congestion; delay; accumulation
breaking down; defeating; abolishing
to be plump; to be chubby
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
hurriedly; in a hurry; in haste
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
thick (paper, cloth, etc.); heavy
curtain; hanging; bunting
kerosene; paraffin; lamp oil
make-up; makeup; cosmetics
going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)
speaking of ...; as for ...
sleeping during the day; (afternoon) nap; siesta
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to speak unclearly; to speak inarticulately; to pronounce poorly; to slur one's words; to lisp
arrangements; plan; programme; program; preparations