eager; earnest; ardent; OFF (on switch)
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
hoarse voice; husky voice
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
plain; field; hidden (structural) member; wild; lacking a political post
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
three-quarter; half coat; top coat
release; unleashing; liberation; deallocation (of computer memory)
to get flustered; to get flurried; to get agitated; to become impatient; to hurry
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to open (e.g. doors); to open (e.g. business, etc.); to be empty; to be vacant; to be available; to be open (e.g. neckline, etc.); to have been opened (of one's eyes, mouth, etc.)
guidance; leading (the way); information; notice; announcement (of one's arrival); invitation
formal; stiff; pompous; stern; solemn; grave
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
to collapse; to crumble; to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to break down; to be thrown into disarray; to crash (stock market)
to brace one's legs; to stand firm; to plant one's feet (firmly on the ground); to hold out; to persist; to make an effort
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
proficient; skillful; enjoying; satisfaction; satiation
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly
tenth day of the month; ten days
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to hold out (e.g. against an attack); to hang on; to withstand; to endure; to last
to ask after (someone's health); to visit; to attack; to strike; to meet with misfortune
such; like that; that sort of; very
article; thing; object; property; real estate
unit; denomination; credit (in school); in units of (e.g. "in thousands"); in amounts of
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
to pin down; to hold down; to cover (esp. a part of one's body with one's hand); to clutch (a body part in pain); to get a hold of; to obtain