declining; refusal; rejection; announcement; notice
post box on the front door; letterbox
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
to buy up; to lay in a stock; to stock up; to buy a lot
normal temperature; room temperature; constant temperature; fixed temperature
bedside; near one's pillow
picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage
rivet; tack; thumbtack; drawing-pin; hobnail
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
magic (illusion); conjuring; magic trick; conjuring trick; sleight of hand
spring, summer, autumn (fall) and winter; the four seasons
to change places; to relieve one another; to replace someone
unimpressive; unimpressed
to be stormy or choppy (sea); to go through hard times; to be broke; to be gloomy; to be glum
to stuff one's cheeks; to fill one's mouth (with food)
disappearance; vanishing; loss; dying away; wearing off
magic; Magic Marker; felt-tip pen; magic number
passing through without stopping; passing by
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
corner; edge; (street) corner; turning; rough edges (of one's character, words, etc.); abrasiveness
shutting tightly; making airtight; sealing hermetically
to cover fully; to wrap around
direction; way; point of the compass; cardinal direction; method; means
people; citizens; subjects; folk
camel; camel (cloth); cloth made from camel hair; camel (color); light yellowish brown
feces (esp. animal); excrement; dung
to dry up completely; to become stale
frequency (of occurrence)
one copy (of a document); one letter; one-way traffic; pure straight; winning hand containing nine consecutive tiles of the same suit (i.e. 1-9)
selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases
after an interval of ... years; for the first time in ... years
personal history; background; log; record; hysteresis