to store; to save up; to accumulate (e.g. knowledge); to build up (e.g. experience); to grow (a beard, moustache, etc.); to wear
holding a castle (during a siege); holing up; confinement (to one's home); staying at home; staying indoors
opposite effect; adverse effect; backfiring
sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to hug; to have (a thought or feeling); to hold; to harbour (suspicion, doubt, etc.)
sense of values; values; value system
to come to mind; to pop into one's head
trespassing; intrusion; to barge into; to burst into; to trespass
to miss one's chance to say; to fail to mention
establishing; proving; ascertaining; identifying; confirming
convulsion; cramp; spasm; tic; twitch; fit
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
hungrily; greedily; voraciously; ravenously
desperation; despair; self-abandonment
substantiality (of a meal); fillingness; solidity
reconciliation; make peace with
to run about; to rush about
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
demanding; difficult; strict
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure; vis major
thief; burglar; robber; theft; burglary; robbery
house; home; one's house; one's home; one's husband
to invite in; to show someone in
base (military, expedition, etc.)
to take away; to carry away
acquisition; obtaining; coming to hand
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for
long ago; already; a long time ago
throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...
infrared rays; infrared radiation
to stretch around (e.g. a fence, dragnet, etc.); to lay out (e.g. a wiring system, network, etc.); to string up (e.g. an antenna, ship's rigging, etc.)
jet; spray; injection; jet propulsion
important position; strategic point; important point; main point; essentials
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
hospital; clinic; doctor's office; doctor's surgery; infirmary
seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement