picking up trash; collecting garbage
class; heading; group; category
failure; mistake; blunder
amateur; layman; respectable woman (i.e. not a prostitute, hostess, geisha); (arch.) unlicensed prostitute
to get irritated; to get annoyed; to be on the edge; to fret; to lose patience
to collect; to gather; to save; to accumulate; to pile up
unsatisfied; unsatisfactory; insufficient
to increase; to add to; to augment
if anything; if pushed I'd say; if I had to say
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
mission; delegation; transmission
heave-ho; oops; yes; yeah
maid; helper; help; assistance
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
trace; tracks; site; remains; scar
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
what little ... one has; tiny amount of; paltry
true character; real nature
to stimulate; to stir up; to arouse
to allow; to let (somebody) do; to make (somebody) do
to deduct; to take away; to make allowances for something; to bear something in mind; to ebb and flow
ignoring; looking the other way; passing through; going through; ball hit through net (in tennis)
to lie on one's back with legs outstretched; to recline; to get cocky; to be arrogant
one way or the other; either way
common sense; general knowledge; common knowledge
(not) so; (not) particularly; (not) very; (not) that much
uncle; old man; mister; manybar goatfish (Parupeneus multifasciatus)
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense; idling away the time; dawdling
incoherent; vague; silly; foolish
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
asking a question back (e.g. to an interviewer)