looking or acting as if one owned the place
same feeling; same sentiment; same opinion; sympathy; agreement; concurrence
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
already; now; no longer; not any more
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
to be crowded; to be packed; to be busy; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with many things); to be packed (of one's schedule)
(reciprocal) communication; (coming to a) mutual understanding
early evening (usu. from 3pm to 6pm); dusk
to pester someone (e.g. to buy something)
sweet-smelling; fragrant; aromatic; good (reputation, condition, results, etc.); favorable
to worry (about); to fret (over); to be anxious
military authorities; army circles
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
relief; mitigation; alleviation; relaxation (of restrictions, tensions, etc.); easing; softening
to do one's best; to put forth every effort
such; like that; in that way
clumsy; awkward; unskillful; incompetent; inept; bungling
default settings; initial settings; initial configuration; initialization; initialisation
standby screen (on a mobile phone); (phone) wallpaper
box; container; box (in a theatre); booth (in a restaurant, etc.); small rectangular building (e.g. telephone box); rectangular field area (e.g. batter's box, catcher's box); box (calfskin)
mechanical ineptitude; being hopeless with machines
to tighten; to stiffen; to brace; to strain
to stoop; to lean over; to bend forward; to bend down; to crouch; to squat
cannot be helped; unavoidable
play; playing; pleasure; amusement; play (in a mechanism, e.g. a steering wheel); slack
compensation; amends; redeeming feature
trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing
blackened; black-painted; black-lacquered; blackened thing
heartbroken; crestfallen; dejected; feeling exhausted; feeling drained
to hang one's head; to droop one's head
special someone; special person; precious one; significant other
undulation; winding; meandering; swell (of waves); ground swell; surge
gloomy; melancholy; dreary; depressed; dismal
news programme; news program
Western countries; European and (North) American countries
exclusive; exclusionary; restrictive; clannish
democratization; democratisation
special program; special programme
composition; formation; organization; organisation; compilation
curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange