eccentric; crank; oddball
den; haunt; hangout; nest; lair
another person; other people; unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood); outsider; stranger
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
love of drink; fondness for alcohol; person who likes to drink; drinker
to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop
illicitly brewed liquor; moonshine
quickly; at once; right away; hurriedly
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
to get lost; to become lost; to go astray
ridge (of roof); back of a sword; counter for buildings, apartments, etc.
world; society; people; the public
mysterious disappearance; being spirited away
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to lose one's way; to get lost; to waver; to hesitate; to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
forcibly; against one's will
lie; fib; mistake; error; unwise move; bad decision
to fall over; to fall down; to fall; to flop (e.g. of a play); to be a flop
unskillful; poor; awkward; imprudent; untactful
land mine; topic that sets someone off; sensitive topic; something that seems fine at first but turns out to be very bad (e.g. product, business); booby trap
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
to often be the case; to occur frequently; to be common; to be popular
trial product; prototype model
earnest; sincere; pressing; urgent; pertinent; appropriate
sensitivity; sensitiveness; sense (of ...)
low-quality products; strange thing; strange combination
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
diversion; putting something to another use
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
knock; knocking; fungo hitting; hitting balls for fielding practice
handwriting; handwritten; hand-painted; hand-drawn
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
fragment; scrap; cut end; cut-off piece; chip; odds and ends
rough; crude; sloppy; miscellaneous
change (personnel); transfer; reshuffle
in the following manner; as follows