hold music; music on hold; hold tone
Michel; Michele; Michele; Michelle
law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale
sobbing; weeping; fit of crying
chime; bell (e.g. doorbell)
pilot light; spark; live coals (for firelighting)
the ancients; ancient people
wishes of a deceased person; dying wish
to rage; to be fierce; to be excited
to warm (up); to heat (up)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move
to (go into a) sulk; to get cranky; to get cross; to become perverse
(one's) peers; people around one
roar; cry (esp. of triumph); battle cry; screech (of a bird); scream; yawp
fire in the neighborhood; fire in the neighbourhood
to straighten up; to sit upright
nothing new; same as always; an old story; nothing new about it; not the first time it has happened
carbon monoxide poisoning
hoarse voice; husky voice
a bit better than; not much more than; not much different from
sizzling (of cooking meat, fat, etc.); chirring (of cicadas, etc.); shrilling; buzzing (of a machine, appliance, etc.); humming
electrically operated; electric powered
distribution board; panelboard; circuit breaker panel; fusebox
electric refrigerator; fridge
lightning; electric illumination; light from an electric source
one scoop (e.g. of ice cream); one scoopful; one spoonful (e.g. of soup); small ornamental spoon
tab (character, key); tab (in a window); tab (flap or strip of material); tub
to meet fortuitously; to meet by chance; to happen across
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall