influential; powerful; popular; prosperous; doing well
formal; regular; valid; categorical
to entertain; to make welcome
per month; monthly installment plan; monthly instalment plan
you are cordially invited to participate; please come and join us
ferry; free on board; FOB
to be taken ill; to be addicted to; to become absorbed in; to give oneself up (to)
to be on the right track; to go well
to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out; to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls
wrong; groundless; different; separate; unexpected; surprising
increment; addition; (amount of) increase
time preservation; saving time
pouring hot water on oneself before entering the bathtub; hot water poured on oneself before entering the bathtub; pouring hot water on oneself repeatedly (type of hot-spring cure)
geometric progression; proliferation; multiplying like rats
conch (esp. Charonia tritonis); trumpet shell
flipper (of a marine mammal); swim fin; flipper; flipper (pinball); channel surfer
chink in the armor (armour)
to feign ignorance; to play dumb
window; window (shop display)
colour variation (color); variety of colours
sparing life and taking life; letting live and killing
back-combed hair; puffed up hair; teased hair
boarding passes; boarding tickets
these guys; these fellows
troublesome; bothersome; burdensome
sensible; perceptive; quick to understand; understanding; sympathetic
what the?; what's going on?; what's this?
knockoff; counterfeit goods