office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
omission; slip; error; definition (of photograph); sharpness; clarity (sound)
stagnation; standstill; accumulation; stay; sojourn
clerk; office worker; office staff
homecoming; returning home
rise; increase; income; takings; completion; end; end result (e.g. of crafts)
one's family; family member
vacant house; unoccupied house
death by suffocation; death by choking
funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director
way to die; means of dying; quality of one's death
to get encouraged; to become heightened in spirits; to recover one's strength
temporary retirement; leave of absence; suspension from office
news of someone's death; obituary
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
appetizer or snack served with drinks; performance to liven up a bar; conversation to liven up a party
to haul in (hand over hand); to pull in; to draw in; to trace (history, threads of a story, etc.); to retrace (e.g. memories); to go over
so-so; tolerable; passable
number (of long, cylindrical things, movies, trains, home runs, etc.)
showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude
to come apart at the seams; to be ripped; to begin to open; to begin to bloom; to smile broadly; to break into a smile
sound made when a ghost appears
rich in ...; high in ...; full of ...; very ...; quite ...
alias; pseudonym; pen name; nom de plume
topic; subject; rumor; talk; tale; story
to shade an account; to add something extra
basics; rudiments; elements; ABCs of ...
glass (drinking vessel); tumbler; cups (suit)
vertically structured society; hierarchical society
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
to lose (a chance); to miss; to overlook; to omit; to deviate; to depart from (the norm, etc.)
popular (with); in favour (with); well received
double; two-fold; diplo-; dipl-; double-edged eyelid; double eyelid
collar; lapel; neckband; nape of the neck; scruff of the neck
to be based (on); to be founded (on); to be grounded (on); to be due to; to come (from); to arise (from)
dizziness (from standing up too fast); orthostatic syncope; lightheadedness; vertigo