suspicious-looking; shady; questionable; dubious; fishy
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
sumi; India ink; squid ink; octopus ink; carpenter's inking string
curious onlookers; rubbernecks
basket (shopping, etc.); hamper; cage
serious; honest; sober; grave; earnest; steady
to go against; to oppose; to disobey; to defy
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
going in and out; entering and exiting; visiting regularly; frequenting; income and expenditure; incomings and outgoings; increase and decrease
(one's) exclusive use; private use; dedicated use; use for a particular purpose; exclusive use (of particular products); using only (e.g. a certain brand)
manners; behavior; behaviour
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
hmmm; uh-huh; murmur indicating approval, comprehension, etc.
cushion; pillow; mattress
plump; fleshy; well-rounded; pleasant (fragrance); rich
painful; sore; cringy; embarrassing; exceeding
thank you; thanks; much (thanks); very (sorry); quite; really; somehow
manly; masculine; like a man
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
sharp (blade); pointed; sharp (pain); stabbing; perceptive; keen
flipping (e.g. a page); peeling off; fluently
plain; simple; reserved (behaviour, attitude, etc.); modest; quite; a (little) bit
ignorant of the ways of the world
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
affliction; hardship; difficulty; suffering; trouble
mostly; ordinarily; probably; most; almost all; ordinary
to see; to witness; to observe; to catch sight of; to get a glimpse of; to encounter
too much; excessively; too
... is the reason; ... is my excuse
to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits
all; altogether; entirely; exactly like; just like; spitting image of
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
dull; uninteresting; insignificant; unimportant; absurd; foolish
talking about one's love interests; girls' talk; gossiping
to enliven (e.g. a conversation); to animate; to engage in enthusiastically; to become successful and well known
wind; breeze; manner; behaviour; cold; influenza
to blow into; to breathe into; to inspire; to indoctrinate; to record (music, video, etc.)
to dissolve (paint); to scramble (eggs); to melt (metal, etc.); to mix (water with flour, etc.)
half-moon; half a month; semicircle