origin; source; birthplace; release from prison; discharge from prison; exit
to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing
business; trade; operations; sales
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
tightly; closely; exactly; precisely; suddenly (stopping)
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
hospitality; reception; treatment; (light) refreshment; entertaining with food and drink; treat
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
day and night; around the clock
these days; nowadays; now; at present; recently; lately
to vomit; to throw up; to emit; to send forth; to give (an opinion); to make (a comment)
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to be brought forward (e.g. by three hours); to be moved up; to be hasty; to be rash; to quicken; to speed up
the place one comes from; one's birthplace; one's hometown
to bear; to stand; to restrain; to control; to forgive; to put up with
to warm oneself (e.g. at a fire)
to take (someone) out (for a walk, to lunch, etc.); to entice out; to lure away
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
quick change; quick transformation; metamorphosis; turning suddenly into
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
to get warm; to become warm
to be sooty; to be stained
objet d'art; item of artwork; object; curio
function; facility; faculty; feature
nothing but; none other than
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
chimney; smokestack; funnel (of a ship); carrying a passenger without turning on the taximeter
approximately; about; promise; appointment; shortening; reduction
chimney sweeping (cleaning)
seal; to seal (e.g. a letter); to affix a seal; to seal up
interior; inside; internal
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
to catch up (with); to draw level; to pull even; to be compensated; to make up for one's losses
aspiration; volunteering; desire; application