meddling; meddlesomeness; nosiness; meddler; buttinsky; busybody
abstention; nonparticipation
what is to be done?; what should (I) do?; what (am I) to do?
white; unseasoned; undyed; very much; precisely; playing dumb
activity (esp. energetic); great efforts; conspicuous service; to flourish; to participate actively; to play an active role
to pitch forward; to fall forward
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
cruel; inhumane; callous; brutal
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
weight; weight (e.g. of someone's words); burden; importance; significance
"it was all a dream"-ending
to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard; to refuse curtly; to reject outright
(not so) much; (not) very
bell (often a large hanging bell); chime
quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
preference; priority; precedence
usual; ordinary; normal; regular; general; common
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs
be considered; be deemed; be thought to be
document; official papers
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
busy; occupied; hectic; restless; hurried; fidgety
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
in spite of; regardless of
to mind; to care; to worry
to have a feeling (that); to have a sensation (that)
to become keen on; to get passionate about
ennui; languishing; feeling of exhaustion; lassitude; lethargy
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
feeling of disappointment; sense of dismay
to appear; to come in sight; to become visible; to be expressed (e.g. emotions); to become apparent (e.g. trends, effects)
to do for (the sake of someone else)
contrary to one's expectations
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade