progress; pace; carriage; step; stage
to follow; to come along with one; to accompany
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
firm; unshakeable; resolute
random; by chance; haphazard; hit-or-miss; unplanned
suspicious; dubious; unreliable; indecent; unseemly
lackey; minion; sycophant; errand boy
to rub on; to rub against; to lay the blame on; to strike (a match)
nothing to sneeze at; pretty impressive
to slide; to slip off; to get dislocated; to drag; to pull
to chuckle to oneself; to gloat (over)
to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says
soft serve ice cream (icecream)
bloodshot eyes; (doing something in a) frenzy
dignity; majesty; solemnity; gravity
colored pencil; coloured pencil
all over the country; everywhere in the country; throughout the nation
to tell; to announce; to declare; to pass (a sentence); to order
polite; respectful; reverent
to tell (to do); to order; to tell on (someone); to tattle; to often say
great hurry; great haste; rush
to dart one's eyes about; to be surprised; to be bewildered; to be confused; to be flustered
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
absence; being away from home; house-sitting; house-sitter; being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting
to boil; to simmer; to stew; to seethe
large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish; useless man about the house; husband who is retired and considered a nuisance
place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
poor; meagre; meager; feeble; scanty; shabby
a blink of time; (lit.) the time it takes to say "Ah!"
war; fighting; fierce competition
tank (military vehicle); chariot
expresses incredulousness, disbelief, irony, etc.
nylon track suit (when worn as street fashion); rattle-rattle; rustle-rustle; whisper-whisper
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
always; without exception; necessarily; certainly; without fail; positively