explosive; sudden and dramatic (of an increase in sales, popularity, etc.); explosive; rapid
cell phone novel; literary work originally written on a cellular phone
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
pet saying; favorite phrase (favorite); stock phrase; manner of talking
to smile cheerfully; to crack a smile
new word; neologism; word of recent origin; recent word; modern term
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
cooling facilities; air-conditioning facilities
on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
seriousness; earnestness; truth; sanctity
scary; frightening; eerie; dreadful
to gnaw; to nibble; to bite; to dabble in; to have a smattering of
inner; intrinsic; mental; inherited
monologue; soliloquy; talking to oneself
dear me!; good gracious!; well; let me see; now
ice; ice cream; icecream; (arch.) usurer; (arch.) usury
having said that; on the other hand
to think of; to come up with
water vapour; water vapor; steam
colorless and transparent
gas; vapour; vapor; gaseous body
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
grain; bead; drop; counter for small round objects including grains, seeds, pills, drops
eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building
politics; government; peace; (arch.) medical treatment; (arch.) cure
to shoot (arrow, bolt, dart)
river surface; surface of a river
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
to be (of animate objects); to exist; to stay; to be ...-ing; to have been ...-ing
colourless; colorless; achromatic; neutral (position); impartial
to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up
water content; moisture; juiciness; dampness