husband and wife; married couple
along (a river, coast, railway, etc.); on (e.g. a street)
development; evolution; expansion; spreading out; expansion (of an algebraic expression); development (of a three-dimensional shape); extraction (of compressed data)
to take command; to give direction
these days; nowadays; recently; lately
duty; function; office; mission; task; role
way; method; means; resource; course
perhaps; possibly; by some chance; by some possibility
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
to be noisy; to be astir; to be abuzz; to be in commotion; to be aflutter; to be unsettled
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
shaking; trembling; pitching; disturbance; unrest; agitation
sure; no mistaking it; for certain; without doubt
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
noisily (from many people talking); in a commotion; with a rustling sound (of leaves, branches, etc.); with a rippling sound (of the surface of a lake, etc.); feeling a chill; with a chill (up one's spine)
to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)
iron wall; impregnable fortress; impregnable; invulnerable; unassailable
even though; despite; when
to be conspicuous; to stand out
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; operation; moving picture
nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
usually; under usual circumstances
lower layer; layer beneath; lower strata (classes)
to walk; to move forward; to make progress
upper stratum (classes, stories, storeys); upper layer; layer above
to stop (moving); to come to a stop; to stop (doing, working, being supplied); to come to a halt; to alight; to perch on
stairs; stairway; staircase
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly; less and less
longed-for; anxiously awaited
to raise; to lift; to boost; to enhance
to harden; to freeze; to put together; to collect; to make secure; to stabilize; to fortify
supporting role (actor); minor role
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
one's own ground; one's own position; one's own area of the field (soccer, rugby, etc.)
perfect (for); ideal; just right; most suitable; tailor-made
stage (of a theatre, concert hall, etc.); stage performance; stage production; setting (of a story); scene; sphere (of activity)