anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
to pull; to draw; to string (lines); to run (cable); to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve); to drag; to haul
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
how; in what way; I wonder
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
such; this sort of; like this
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
sudden; abrupt; urgent; pressing; steep; sharp; rapid
to begin to say; to start talking; to broach (a matter); to be the first to say; to suggest (doing); to propose
to be resurrected; to be resuscitated; to be rehabilitated; to be recalled (e.g. memories); to be brought back
signalling with the eyes; exchanging looks; winking
meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to change; to alter; to transform; to reform; to revise; to amend
to invite; to ask (someone to do); to tempt; to lure; to induce (tears, laughter, sleepiness, etc.); to arouse (e.g. sympathy)
to fish; to angle; to catch; to lure in; to tempt; to attract
hour; o'clock; (specified) time; when ...; during ...
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
invitation; introduction; temptation
woollen material; woollen goods or fabric
gradation; gradation haircut; taper
close to the wall; alongside the wall
mattress; mattress pad (under a futon)
establishment; institution; installation (of a machine or equipment)
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
sesame seeds; sesame (Sesamum indicum)
bread; (sweet) pastry; staff of life; one's bread
several types; several kinds; several species
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
chickpea (Cicer arietinum); garbanzo bean
heated vegetables; warm vegetables
itself; one's own body; oneself; originally; naturally
heap; pile; stack; full measure
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate