local specialty or souvenir bought as a gift while travelling; present brought by a visitor; something unpleasant that one is given (e.g. an illness while on vacation); unwelcome gift
around the world; throughout the world
happy; auspicious; propitious; naive
having; holding; wear; durability; charge; expense
trip abroad; overseas travel
gold (Au); golden (color); valuable; of highest value; money; gold coin; Friday
harsh (criticism, treatment, etc.); severe; hard; strict
to give; to confer; to bestow; to kindly do for one; to oblige; to favour
indeed; really; absolutely; truly; actually; very
total darkness; pitch dark; bleak future; poor prospects
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
metre; meter; meter; gauge
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
to withdraw from (a deal); to wash one's hands of; to lead by the hand
presence; appearance; attendance; visit; going out
costume; fancy dress; masquerade; converted (cruiser)
small tool; gadget; (stage) properties; prop; prop master
to catch; to stop the blow; to react to; to take (advice, etc.); to accept
indication; denotation; designation; instructions; directions
to falter; to flinch (from); to recoil (from); to quail (at)
to bend loosely back and forth; to wriggle; to be crooked
malicious; ill-tempered; unkind
(inflected) end of a word; end of a sentence
blocking (e.g. the way); obstructing; block (lump of something (usu. square), area of town, etc.); block; physical record (e.g. on magnetic tape); concrete block; blocking (from view, esp. of websites, on social media, etc.)
to strike against; to collide with; to encounter; to meet; to clash
cooperation; collaboration
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
right side (of an equation, expression, etc.); RHS; right side (go, chess, othello board)
(I) will; (I) shall; let's; (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); hey
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
briskly with small steps; trotting
(divine) punishment; curse; retribution
to squash; to crush; to flatten
wherein; therein; thereinto