fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
... years since construction; ... years old (of a building); built in ...
window screen; insect screen; mosquito screen; screen; screen door
to make light of; to ignore; to slight
fluff (clump of fabric fibres); lint; ball of dust; dustball
cleaning with a cloth (floors, etc.); dirty work; low-level work; apprentice work
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
to drain the water; to lose the water; to squeeze out the water
sunny (room, etc.); well sunlit
to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss; to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop
looks; countenance; facial features; physiognomy
to harvest all of (a crop); to reap completely; to finish cutting (e.g. weeds); to taper (hair) at the back; to cut hair so that it gradually gets shorter at the back of the head
to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken
coercion; overpowering; overawing; daunting
hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius); hippo
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
horse laugh; guffaw; wild laughter
finally; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
adhering to (a view, policy, etc.); sticking to; holding fast to; steadfastly maintaining
to serve a master; to serve one's employer faithfully
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
plastic bag; polyethylene bag
pan; frying pan; panning (a camera)
previous work; preceding work; previous title; first crop grown in a double-cropped field; preceding crop
one theory; one opinion; another theory
readership; target audience (of a magazine)
intermediate frequency; interferon; impact factor (of an academic journal); interface; index fund
(switched) on; being on the green (of one's ball)