slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
two meals; (eating) two meals a day
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
rope; cord; line; grand champion's braided belt
to hang; to droop; to give (e.g. lesson, instruction, scolding) (to someone of lower status); to confer; to drip; to ooze; to leave behind (at death)
discovery; detection; finding
difficult to ...; hard to ...
room; chamber; apartment; flat; stable
how many people; a number of people
jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
in name only; titular; nominal
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
small window; fenestella; scuttle (type of hatch on a ship)
to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to try and do something; to attempt to do something
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
to slip out; to sneak away; to break into the lead; to get ahead; to begin to fall out (e.g. hair); to break out (of a loop)
to follow; to pursue; to die right after a loved one; to kill oneself after the death of a loved one; to follow an example set by earlier generations (or one's master, etc.)
on the way; en route; in the middle of; midway; halfway
tool; implement; means; furniture
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
self-confidence; confidence (in oneself)
to catch; to capture; to grab; to clutch; to catch hold of (someone); to stop (e.g. a stranger in the street)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
(not) even once; (not) ever
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
unable to understand (reason, motive, etc.)
how; in what way; why; for what reason; cannot possibly; no way
to brave a danger; to take a risk
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
to be foolish; to be stupid; to be ridiculous