flexible-hours system; flextime; flexitime; flex (in a golf shaft)
filial piety; being kind to one's parents; taking care of one's parents
quick; prompt; without delay; simple; easy; effortless
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
smelling of earth; rustic
peephole; spyhole; inspection hole; observation window
wastebasket; wastepaper basket
aluminum foil; aluminium foil; tinfoil; silver-colored paper
fragment; broken piece; chip; ounce (of truth, conscience, etc.); trace; shred
accent (on a syllable, word); stress; intonation; inflection; (language) accent (e.g. American, British); accent (e.g. in a design)
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to learn of (by chance)
clip (paper, surgical, etc.); hairpin; hair slide; curler
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
trend of the times; way things are going
bright; intelligent; clever; smart
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
doubt; misgivings; distrust; suspicion
to deepen; to heighten; to intensify
remaining heat; residual excitement; lingering enthusiasm
carry-on baggage inspection
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
postman; mailman; letter carrier; mail carrier
taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration
rough (touch, voice, etc.); coarse; gritty; rattling (of beans, beads, etc.)
sunlight filtering through trees
stir-fry; fried food (cooked in wok, frying pan, etc.)
some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)
(heavy) drinker; drunkard; tippler; boozer
stinging (pain); smarting; tingling
to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)