serving customers; looking after visitors; reception
gap; difference; disparity; discrepancy
to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)
thicket; coppice; brushwood
invisibly; secretly; privately
to come together; to join; to get married; to become a married couple
one's best interests; one's own good
evasion; excuse; subterfuge; runaround
to bear up in tragedy; to stand pain well; to hold one's temper; to clench one's teeth; to grit one's teeth
station (esp. a police station); office (e.g. tax office)
to desire; to wish; to beg; to request; to have something done for oneself
centre; center; middle; capital; seat of government
public lavatory; slut; whore; floozy
to regain one's breath; to catch one's breath
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
taking refuge; finding shelter; evacuation; escape; seeking safe haven
(camera) shutter; shutter (for a door, window, etc.)
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
on the occasion of; at the time of
natural; understandable; reasonable; no wonder
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
to get to know each other; to make acquaintance
cold (to the touch); chilly; icy; (emotionally) cold; coldhearted; unfeeling
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
conclusive evidence; positive proof; definite proof; confirmation
turning round; going around; turning about; surrounding; encircling
to let something (or somebody) go past; to do too much
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
radio (communication); wireless; not using wires
low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.); low (position); close to the ground; short (height); deep (voice); in a low key
to stop raining or snowing
to throw violently against; to slam against; to strike; to thrust at someone (e.g. a letter)