favorable treatment; favourable treatment; hospitality; warm reception; good treatment; hearty welcome
to be negligent in doing something; to shirk; to be off one's guard
surplus-; excess-; over-; per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)
growth; development; growing up; growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)
grotesque; disgusting; gross
one night; one evening; all night; overnight
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
true state; actual condition; reality
explosion; rupture; break off
innumerable; countless; numberless
semi-transparent; translucent
help; rescue; salvation; solace; (religious) salvation; (Christian) grace
lie; falsehood; fiction; fabrication
to push away; to push aside; to shove
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to ask a question; to begin to ask a question
Al-Jizah (Egypt); Giza (Egypt)
to court; to woo; to approach defiantly
to confuse (someone); to befuddle; to bewilder; to mystify; to throw up a smokescreen; (lit.) to surround with smoke
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
flapping (of a flag, fan, etc.); fluttering; pitter-patter (of footsteps); quickly (making progress); in quick succession
to tell (a story); to give an account of (an event, experience, etc.); to relate; to tell of; to show; to indicate
disposition; temperament; temper; nature
appraisal; estimation; evaluation; setting prices
to stare back at; to look back at
(just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine)
station wagon; estate car; minivan; people carrier
evening glow; red sunset; afterglow (of sunset)
soon; shortly; before long; nearly; almost
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to eat a mouthful; to take a bite