bumping of heads; running into; coming across; encountering
overnight stay; stopover; inn; hotel; anchorage; night duty
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
freckles; buckwheat chaff
to wear glasses; to put on glasses
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
barbershop; barber shop; barber
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory
to give (as a gift); to present; to confer; to bestow; to award
right or wrong; good or bad; quality; having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages
market price; speculation (e.g. on stocks); reputation (according to conventional wisdom); estimation
how much; how many; however
highly priced; expensive; valuable; costly
to indicate; to show; to point to
electrical appliances; electric appliances
manufactured goods; finished goods; product
longish; moderately long; somewhat long; fairly long
basket; basketball; basket cloth
granny; grandma; gran; old lady; old woman
formal marriage interview
to wrinkle up (one's eyebrows, one's nose); to furrow; to crimple
(giving) instruction; initiation
speech; words; one's lines; remarks
matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation); it's not your business; it doesn't matter (to you); our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)
to arrange (flowers); to plant; living; live
expatiation; enlargement (e.g. on a point); elaboration; clear explanation; paraphrasing
to swallow (e.g. a story); to accept without questioning; to swallow (food) whole; to gobble up; to gulp down
unlikely event; rare occurrence