subterranean rumbling; earth tremor
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
to persuade by tears; to use tears to get one's way
camouflage; disguise; pretense; feigning; masquerade
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
to go down and stand; to alight; to get down
electric noticeboard; electric scoreboard; electric bulletin board
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
to push in; to force into; to break in (e.g. into a house); to intrude
mailbox; letter box; letterbox; mail slot
bell (used for summoning or signalling); buzzer
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
cruelty; hard-heartedness
way one walks; one's walk
step; stride; counter for steps
suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
to assail the nostrils (smell); to go nose-to-nose (with someone)
for a short while; for a while; for some time; for the time being
unwillingly; grudgingly; shaking head in refusal (like a child); no!; no no!
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
"gentleman" who escorts a woman home, only to make a pass at her
postbox; mailbox; pillar box
to leak out (a secret); to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to be found out; to get away (of fish)
ESPer; one who has ESP (extrasensory perception)
just now; a little while back; a short time ago
again; once more; a second time
to go easy on somebody; to be easygoing; to be lenient
short (in height); stumpy; tiny; short (trousers, etc.); undersized
soft, coaxing voice; wheedling voice; ingratiating voice
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
taking over; handing over; transfer of control; inheriting; passing on the baton