common cattail (Typha latifolia); broadleaf cattail; common bulrush; great reedmace
position; job; employment; opening
physical work; manual labour (labor)
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at
imbalance; disproportion; disparity; mismatch; asymmetry
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
living together; coexistence
to mourn; to lament; to be sorry; to regret; to repent
gathering to remember a deceased person; memorial gathering; farewell party; goodbye party; send-off party
casting; cast-metal object
apartment building; apartment block; apartment house; apartment
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
condominium (usu. mid or high-rise); apartment building; apartment house; block of flats; apartment; flat
hard to please; difficult; particular; bad-tempered; in a bad mood; displeased
to ask for too much; to expect too much
proofreading; calibration
ignorant of the ways of the world
feeling keenly; fully realizing
across; over; beyond; throughout (a period of time); for
with a vroom; with a sudden shaking
shy; diffident; retiring; reserved
licking; dead drunk; blind drunk
taste; feel on the tongue; manner; demeanour; demeanor
tongue; tongue (of a shoe); seal flap (of an envelope)
to cave in; to become depressed; to sink
simply; merely; only; solely
to dribble; to spill; to suspend; to hang down; to slouch
individual differences; personal equation
to choke; to be choked by; to be stifled by
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
losing oneself (in); being absorbed (in); forgetting oneself
to drink up; to drink to the last drop; to drink (a glass) dry; to drain (one's glass); to empty; to down (a drink)
to wither (of flowers, dreams, etc.); to wilt; to droop; to shrivel; to fade (away); to sag
inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)
(eating up) quickly; in no time; quickly (sticking out one's tongue); licking; licking up; (peeling off) in one go
woman on top (sex position); cowgirl position
to reach the point where ...; to come to ...; to come to be that ...; to start to ...; to begin to ...
to soak (into); to permeate; to sting (of a wound, sensitive area, etc.); to smart; to be infected (e.g. with vice); to be steeped (e.g. with prejudice)