difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
joy; delight; rapture; pleasure; gratification; rejoicing
being preoccupied with; being obsessed; only thinking of; having only ... on one's mind
to be helpful; to help; to be of assistance; to come in handy
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
main; principal; main dish; main course; main part; principal part
vocal (performance); vocals; singing; vocalist; singer
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
nightlife districts; drinking districts
one way or the other; either way
to accompany; to go hand in hand with; to be consequent upon; to be accompanied by; to bring with; to take with
indicates uncertainty or second hand nature of information quoted
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
day after tomorrow; wrong (e.g. direction)
combat; battle; action; active service; actual fighting
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
consistent; unchanging from beginning to end
plus; addition; positive number; gain; advantage; anode
to be embarrassed; to lose face
to be shut; to close; to be locked; to tighten; to be tightened; to become sober
brokerage; brokerage firm; broking house; securities company
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
several people; a few people
to gather; to collect; to assemble
acquaintance; friend; familiar face
straight; quickly; quietly; gently; to feel refreshed; to feel satisfied
to be packed (with); to be full (space, schedule, etc.); to be blocked (road, pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to shorten (width, interval, etc.); to shrink (shirt, word form, etc.); to be at a loss
rough; casual (clothing); rough (of a golf course); rough sketch; rough draft
to be reflected; to harmonize with (harmonise); to come out (photo); to be projected; to be displayed (on a screen)
means of making contact; intermediary; go-between; connections; influence; pull
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin
broke; poor; short; skint; having no money
he; she; this; this one; Hey, you!; You bastard!
to pick up; to find; to gather
to say goodbye; to bid farewell
outsider; someone outside of a group
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about