to stretch (unbend) oneself
to look upwards; to look up
to listen attentively to; to be lost in
to become famous; to gain fame
having a loose tongue; being talkative; speaking without thinking; being unable to keep a secret
service station; gas station; shortstop; sporty sedan; steamship; SS; Secret Service
in the early period (of something); at the beginning
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to detain; to check; to restrain
weak ending; tapering; anticlimax; tame ending
service industry; service sector
lightly and smoothly (of movements); swiftly; glidingly; (progressing) smoothly; (solving) easily
certain evidence; definite evidence
interior (of building, room, vehicle, etc.); interior design
to suck up to; to curry up to someone
something small; something petty; trifle
crown (of a watch); stem; cannon (of a bell); something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
busy; hectic; frantic; restless; hurried; fidgety
to excuse oneself; to take one's leave; to quit; to resign; to decline; to turn down
re-education; retraining; in-service training
urbanization; urbanisation
(find) common (meeting) ground
northernmost tip (point, extremity, etc.)
going down the road; travelling; lyric composition describing scenery a traveler sees on the way (traveller); eloping
altitude sickness; mountain sickness
to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
blunder; (careless) mistake; error
in this way; along these lines; similarly
per-capita division; division according to the number of people
miasma; noxious form of "bad air" formerly believed to cause diseases