level; standard; level (plane); floor; spirit level; (surveyor's) level
secret understanding; collusion
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
one of these days; someday; one day
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
a (short) time; a while; one time (in the past); a period; (arch.) two-hour period
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
arrest; apprehension; capture
questioning; interrogation; examination (of a witness)
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
collection of books; (personal) library
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
very messy; (stuff) all over the place; (lit.) no space even for one's feet
to be in disorder; to lie scattered around
to tidy up; to put in order; to settle (problem); to clear (dispute); to finish; to bring something to an end
to be put in order; to be put to rights; to be disposed of; to be solved; to be finished; to be married (off)
retailing; repeating (someone else's words, opinion, etc.); parroting; echoing
occasionally; once in a while; seldom; casually; unexpectedly; accidentally
memories; recollections; reminiscence
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
antiquity; the previous era
to make a speech; to address
sequel; later development
poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem
to ascend; to go up; to ascend (as a natural process, e.g. the Sun); to rise; to go to (the capital); to be promoted; to add up to
to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else
to mistake someone for someone else; to misread; to misjudge
to machine; to cut; to scrape
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
to receive favor (favour); to be much obliged to someone; to be indebted
gradually; by degrees; little by little; step by step
indicates supposition; if ... then; when; (typically after someone's name) indicates exasperation
earth dug out of a construction site
wearisome; insipid; dull; irksome; wretched; vain
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
desire; wish; request; entreaty; prayer; (written) application
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
being painfully-true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear