high street; town centre (center)
to resound; to echo; to reverberate
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
remnant; residue; remaining; left-over
nest; hive; hideout; refuge; nesting (software, data structures)
smelling burnt; smelling scorched; smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if armed conflict is about to break out); tense; suspicious; dubious
tiny amount (degree, extent); paltry amount; slightest bit
to spit out; to eject; to dump
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
vocal sound; tone of voice
top; top position; senior management; senior bureaucrat
shadow or cloud (e.g. on someone's happiness); shade; gloom
to look (stare) back at (somebody); to look at again; to re-examine; to prove oneself superior (to someone who had previously been condescending); to look back (behind oneself)
not straightforward; not dealt with by ordinary means
favorable; favourable; friendly; vividly colored; vividly coloured
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
to declare; to assert; to say bluntly; to say straight out
near; close; close (in time); soon; close (relationship); friendly
to be prolonged; to drag on
to hit; to beat; to shout at; to yell at
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
(in) his way; peculiar to him
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
loyalty; sincerity; allegiance; fidelity; integrity
to attempt; to test; to try out
in advance; beforehand; previously
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
obligation; duty; charge; responsibility
to join (hands); to take (each other's hands); to scramble for; to struggle for; to pay attention to; to take notice of
floor above; floor upstairs
antlion (larva); doodlebug; antlion pit
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
to model on; to make in the shape of; to represent; to symbolise
under one's eyes; below one's eyes
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
to furnish with; to equip with; to prepare for; to make preparations for; to possess (all that is needed); to be endowed with
sharing a room; dormitory room; match between wrestlers from the same stable
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
preferential treatment; special treatment; discrimination; express delivery; special delivery
administrator; janitor; manager; custodian; executor
space; room; vacancy; opening; free time; time to spare