big-boned; sturdily built; stout; solid (plan, storyline, etc.)
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
innocent; cherubic; childlike
(staying) one night; overnight stay; overnight rental; per-night rental
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
serious; important; significant; grave; weighty
warehouse; storehouse; cellar; magazine; granary; godown
flapping; rattling; (running) with a clatter; noisily; (falling) one after another; in quick succession; busily
taking one's children along (to an event, into a new marriage, etc.); parent with child
to delay; to put off; to procrastinate
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
guardian; protector; patron; parent
currying favour; sucking up; being anxious to please; bootlicker
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
one jump; one flight; (at) once; (in) one stroke
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
main theater of war; principal battlefield; main market; principal area of competition
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
four-eyed; pattern of four squares
fervour; fervor; vigour; vigor; ardour; ardor
patrolling; one's rounds; inspection tour; watchman; patrolman
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
to suffer a disappointment; to feel let down; to have one's attack (question, etc.) sidestepped; to be given the slip
rare (or peculiar) animal
nonchalant; unconcerned; in a casual manner
(are you) alright?; (are you) OK?
to (relax and) stretch one's legs out; to go for a further walk
left in a state of neglect; left to go to ruin; left to run wild (e.g. of a garden)
to assert; to declare; to list (one by one); to enumerate; to spread rumours (rumors); to go on and on (about)
shady; underhanded; questionable
providing information; provision of information; information provision
to contract (to do); to undertake; to take on (work); (arch.) to take responsibility for; (arch.) to be liable for
charge; custody; safekeeping; deposit; storage
don't worry; no worries; never mind