contract; compact; agreement
passage; pathway; roadway; avenue; aisle
important; momentous; essential; principal; major
to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)
private room; single (room); room for one; (toilet) stall
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to use up; to exhaust; to devote oneself (to); to do one's utmost (for); to do to exhaustion; to do completely
near; close; beside; third person
to spill; to fall out of; to peek through; to become visible (although normally not); to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
administrative; businesslike; practical; impersonal; perfunctory; robot-like
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
composition; piece of music; tune; melody; enjoyment; fun
to break into song; to burst into song; to begin singing
to withdraw; to leave; to retire; to back down; to give up
children's song; nursery rhyme
pitcher; pitcher (container); jug
(one's) initials; first letter (of a name, sentence, etc.); initial; first
suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to sing at the top of one's voice; to belt out a song; to express one's feelings fully in a poem; to praise in poetry
scattering; leaflets; sushi rice in a box or bowl with a variety of ingredients sprinkled on top; writing in an irregular hand
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
to mind; to care; to worry
memory; ability to remember
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
a little while later; for a little while; some time later; for some time; presently
to calculate; to compute; to deduce; to infer; to conclude
to pour (into); to sprinkle on (from above); to water (e.g. plants); to shed (tears); to concentrate one's energy (strength, attention, etc.) on; to devote to; to flow into (e.g. of a river)
cheers; bottoms-up; toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one's glass dry
to play (a stringed or keyboard instrument)