all-night vigil over a body; wake
several times; once or twice
still more; even more; much more; increased; greater
criminal nature; criminality
much less; to say nothing of
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
without a moment's delay; leaving everything else unattended to
paper lantern; Chinese lantern; Japanese lantern
study; library; den; home office; reading room
looking for a particular person or thing; searching high and low; hunting for; picking out; singling out
power; authority; jurisdiction
to get between; to be caught in
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
one stroke (of a brush); a few lines (of writing); note; writing in one go (without stopping to apply more ink to the brush); parcel (of land); same handwriting
to write (e.g. a letter); to draw up (a document); to take down (e.g. notes); to have (lunch, dinner, etc.); to eat
attendance; participation; presence
chain; chaining; connection; (genetic) linkage
will; testament; last request
to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution
to miss a chance to ask; to miss an opportunity to ask; to forget to ask
high-rise building; tower block; skyscraper
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
to come and go; to go back and forth
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
venting one's anger (on someone or something); taking out one's anger on
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
to take the time (to do); to set aside time (for)
short temper; quick temper; hot temper; impatience; irritability
to lend a hand; to give a hand; to help; to extend a helping hand
innocence; guiltlessness; purity; uprightness; integrity
passage; path; route; one's way
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
eddies of wind around high buildings
office building; office complex
a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course
elevator landing; elevator hall