to stab; to stick; to pierce; to thrust
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
exceedingly; extremely; exceptionally; unexpectedly
(idle) curiosity; fancifulness; whimsy; (having) strange tastes
slightly difficult; somewhat bothersome; troublesome; peevish; querulous
university (college) professor
experienced; veteran; skilled; expert
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)
to cut up; to cut and discard; to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding); to isolate
layout (of a house or apartment); arrangement of rooms
saying in addition; postscript; additional remarks
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
lived-in feel (e.g. of a room); sense of life; hints of daily life
famous; well-known; renowned; your name
avid desire; craving; thirst; watering at the mouth; drooling
the Building Standards Act
I have nothing to do with it
wheat; barley; oat (oats)
to leave words (behind one, e.g. after death); to say (for posterity); to utter last words; to leave some things unsaid
to be all out; to exhaust
fantastic; bizarre; incredible; unbelievable
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to become locked (e.g. of automatic locking)
stabbing to death; putting out
room key (e.g. at a hotel)
shrewd; astute; cunning; alert
hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)
first of all; first thing
post-traumatic stress disorder; PTSD
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
to say repeatedly; to say proverbially
to make; to make (something) what it should be; to cause to be