bid for popularity; publicity stunt
to lean over (someone); to bend over; to lean on; to weigh on one; to bear (heavily) on one; to lie on one
southern country; southern provinces; southern lands
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
to give a round of applause; to applaud
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
past middle age; nearing old age; near-elderly; age 40
focus (e.g. photographic); focal point
to stare at; to gaze at; to look hard at; to watch intently; to fix one's eyes on
apathy; indifference; listlessness; athymia
appearance (in the eyes of society); decency
mediocre; ordinary; commonplace; banal
intellectual curiosity; out of curiosity; inquisitiveness
temple; sacred place; shrine; sanctuary; tabernacle
dweller; inhabitant; resident; user (of a website)
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
strange; rare; novel; curious
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
groan; moan; roar; howl; hum (e.g. motor); buzz (e.g. bee, wire in wind)
degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent
every conceivable; every single; every possible; all kinds of
parking lot; car park; carpark; parking garage
leaving a device on (e.g. TV, air conditioner); leaving something engaged (e.g. a key in a lock)
baking foods in a covered pan; foods baked in a covered pan
intense heat; severe heat
heart; guts; nerve; central part