simple work; repetitive job; unskilled work; menial work
training; practice; discipline; ascetic practices
to paste; to stick; to affix; to station; to post
cackling (sound of shrill laughter)
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
bizarre murder; grotesque murder
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
to blaze down on; to beat down on; to shine down upon
(one's) master; Lord; the main thing; the majority
hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member
nonexistent; not being (there); not having; not
isn't it?; don't you think?; right?; surely; come on
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
shyness; fear of strangers; stranger anxiety
solitude; loneliness; isolation
witnessing; observing; sighting
gradually (progress into a state); in sequence; in order; in turn
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
(physical) appearance (of a person); one's face and figure
representation; agency; proxy; deputy; agent; attorney
to eat up and spoil (e.g. crops); to eat away; to eat a bit of everything; to encroach upon; to take over
leaving as is; leaving alone; leaving to chance; neglecting; abandoning
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
common; shared; to be common (to); to be shared (by); -wide
confession; acknowledgement; confession of love; professing one's feelings; confession of sins (e.g. the confessional)
to be given the cold shoulder; to be jilted; to be rejected; to be dumped
obstruction; check; hindrance; prevention; impediment; interdiction
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
mischief; prank; pastime; hobby; playing with (a lighter, etc.); fooling around with
heh heh heh; tee-hee; giggle