to step forward; to volunteer
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
one's turn; one's shift; one's turn on stage; screen time; screentime
request; favour (to ask); wish; please
manufacturing; processing; treatment; machining
clip-clop; clippety-clop; clamshell cellphone; flip cellphone
length (of an animal); body length
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
worry; concern; anxiety; care; help; aid
laborer; labourer; blue-collar worker
trace; vestige; mark; sign; evidence
elimination; erasure; clearing; elimination (of variables)
nicely; properly; frequently; often; I'm glad that you ...; thank you for ...
to put on (one's head); to wear; to be covered with (dust, snow, etc.); to pour (water, etc.) on oneself; to bear (e.g. someone's debts, faults, etc.); to take (blame); to overlap (e.g. sound or color)
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
how many people; a number of people
fast forward (e.g. VCR, tape deck, etc.)
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
absorption; suction; aspiration; attraction; draw
equipment; device; installation; stage setting
small; fine; minute; minor; trivial; sensitive
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
to be dented; to be indented; to be beaten; to be overwhelmed; to be disheartened; to feel down
filling (up); replenishing; filling in (tooth); loading (gun with ammunition, camera with film, etc.); packing; plugging
drying machine; dryer; desiccator
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
to be closed; to be blocked; to be clogged; to be plugged up; to be occupied; to be taken (e.g. accommodation)
paints; painting material
to paint; to plaster; to lacquer; to varnish; to spread; to smear
cloud of dust (sand, etc.)
flour; meal; powder; dust
as before; as ever; as it was originally
drawing; diagram; plans; blueprint