first meeting; first interview with
timidly; nervously; hesitantly; trembling (with fear)
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
platform; home; home base; home plate
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to be crushed; to be squashed (flat); to be discouraged
to be mixed; to be blended with; to be combined; to associate with; to mingle with; to interest
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
to take in; to bring in; to capture (e.g. image); to import; to win over; to please
to fold (clothes, umbrella); to close (a shop, business); to vacate
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
room; wife (of someone of high rank); scabbard; Chinese "Encampment" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse
dispersion; scattering; spreading out; diffusion
junk; rubbish; trash; garbage; odds and ends
feng shui; fengshui; wind and water
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
worst; horrible; horrid; in the worst case; if worst comes to worst
sample; specimen; pattern; model; example
high praise; great admiration; rave reviews
pushing and shoving; jostling; hustling
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
worn-out; shabby; seedy; wrinkled-up; threadbare
internal organs; intestines; viscera
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to work (for); to be employed (at); to serve (as); to act (as); to conduct a religious service
(one's) superior; (one's) boss; the higher-ups
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
ornamental (foliage) plant; houseplant
to let dry; to kill (vegetation); to season (lumber)
balcony; veranda; verandah; porch
ruins; wreckage; wreck; broken remains; debris
to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)
eggs; egg; (hen's) egg; (an expert) in the making; beginning; origin