one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke); a single bloodline; earnest; resolute; (arch.) ordinary; (arch.) common
counter for choices, options, etc.
to draw in; to take in; to retract; to withdraw; to take back (e.g. words)
permanent; everlasting; lasting; very long; many years of
producer's price; PP; polypropylene; PP
AD; Anno Domini; assistant director (movie, etc.)
free and easy; open-hearted; relaxed; not fussy; frank
careful; cautious; prudent; discreet; deliberate
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
elopement; running away with a lover
Near Threatened (conservation status); NT; New Testament; nuchal translucency
cruel; heartless; violent; intense; very bad; terrible
slip; omission; upshot; denouement; punch line (of a joke)
this and that; various things
strange; odd; peculiar; queer; curious
dinner party; ceremonial dinner; dinner meeting (or lunch, breakfast)
having wounds all over one's body; being wounded all over; receiving a drubbing; being subjected to a barrage of criticism
almost; roughly; approximately
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
as (for); for; in the capacity of
landlord; landlady; house owner; home owner; head of the household
most of all; extremely; supremely
mental fatigue; worry; boredom
being bad at communication; being unsociable
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
position; location; base; point; site
one's long-cherished desire
to come alive; to get going; to start to move
action; conduct; behaviour; behavior; mobilization; mobilisation
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that...
extra; more; unnecessary; needless; all the more; even more
to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to look at (something) from another perspective; to put it the other way round; to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time