rule; regulation; settlement; conclusion; habit; custom
to decide; to choose; to clinch (a victory); to decide (the outcome of a match); to persist in doing; to go through with; to always do
consent; approval; acceptance; agreement; compliance
(pressing) hard; badgeringly; pesteringly; repeatedly; urgingly
to swell; to rise; to bulge; to rouse; to get excited
dividing for administrative purposes; partition; division
shallows; shoal; rapids; current; position; place
careless; thoughtless; hasty; rash
secret base; hideout; hidden position
to ferry across (e.g. a river); to carry across; to lay across; to build across; to hand over; to hand in
duplicate key; pass key; master key; skeleton key
hmm; well ...; humph; roughly; harshly; violently
after school (at the end of the day)
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
expression; presentation; representation; notation
as a child; when one was a child
playing at (something); game of make-believe; something done together
steel frame; steel beam; steel girder
to compose; to put together
to imagine; to picture; to figure; to see
instead of; in place of; as a substitute for; in exchange for; in return for; to make up for
to have much trouble; to have a hard time; to not know how to handle
first of all; to begin with; probably; most likely; more or less (satisfactory); on the whole
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
ongoing; in progress; afoot
electricity; (electric) light
to go by; to go past; to run (between; of a rail service, bus route, etc.); to operate (between); to go indoors; to go into a room; to penetrate
staying the night; lodging (at)
vacuum cleaner; vacuum; hoover
tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to receive; to get; to eat; to drink; to be crowned with; to wear (on one's head)
mysterious thief; phantom thief
attaching (documents, etc.); appending; affixing
to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest)
pattern; figure; state; condition; conjecture of the current situation; the way it seems; model
bare (naked) body; complexion (e.g. face)