chattering; chit-chat; (ladies) prattle
to pay the bill; to settle an account
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
having one's guard up; not showing weak points; (of women) resisting attempts of being hit on; being distrustful of potential love interests; prudish
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk
joke; playfulness; kidding around
antiquity; the previous era
to take; to catch; to capture
ceremony; rite; ritual; service
slack; slackening; sagginess; dullness; letdown; depression
student in a higher grade; upperclassman
army; armed forces; military authorities; team; group
cold reception; unwelcoming treatment
successively; one after another
nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend
ringing; throbbing violently
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
gravity; gravitation; gravitational pull
to stand in a row (e.g. shops on a street); to line in a row; to line; to be equal to; to be on a par with
ventilation fan; extractor fan
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
town; block; street; road; 109.09 m; 0.99 hectares
spike (on a shoe or tyre); stud; spiked shoes; spikes; injuring (an opposing player) with the spikes on one's shoes; spiking
canteen; flask; water bottle; thermos
foundation (garment, cream, etc.)
crumbling; collapse; ruin; has-been; wannabe