creeping about; stirring restlessly; squirming
(looking) blankly; vacantly; dazedly; (staring) in puzzlement; with a look of amazement
karaoke box; club with individual rooms that can be rented with karaoke machines
splendid; fine; praiseworthy; creditable; legal; legitimate
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
to roll over; to tumble; to roll about (with laughter)
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
to turn up; to make an appearance; to put in an appearance; to drop by
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
feeling that something has come too late
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
paying back in installments (instalments); amortization plan (amortisation); gradual demolition; gradual erosion; gradual dismantlement
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
sense of duty; sense of purpose; vocation
to connect; to tie; to fasten; to transfer (phone call)
change; alteration; substitute; rate of exchange
like this; in this way; as you see
satisfaction; pride; one's strong point; one's forte; regular customer; regular client
favorite; favourite; pet (e.g. teacher's pet); bookmark (in web browser)
pickled (something); pickled in (something); preserved in; overreliance on (e.g. medication); excessive use of
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
to come off; to be removed; to disappear (of pain, a fever, etc.); to be caught; to be harvested; to be interpreted (as); to be taken (as)
spewing; gushing; spouting; eruption; effusion
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
to take back; to recapture
at that time; in those days
favorite; favourite; habitually used
cloudiness; turbidity; nebula (medical)
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
fiercely; ferociously; furiously; resolutely
to put an end to something; to get something over with; to quit something one has been engaged in too long or to an excessive degree
without permission; without notice
being too late; losing one's final chance
complete change; about-face
silence; being silent; quiet; reticence; inaction
reverberation; swelling (of a hymn); lingering memory; aftertaste; suggestiveness (of a book, poem, etc.)