to occupy; to hold; to account for; to make up; to take up
lately; recently; nowadays
welcome (news); inviting; encouraging; tempting; hopeful
tender; kind; gentle; graceful; affectionate; amiable
spinning the opposite way; backspin (tennis, baseball); counter
to say a word; to say something; to speak briefly; to give a quick holler; to let (someone) know
layout map; block plan; layout plan
beyond expectations; beyond what one expected; not foreseen; exceeding assumptions
stick; piece of wood; billet; piece of a broken pole
seat for seniors and handicapped
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
running (of a car, bus, etc.); traveling; travelling; running (of a program)
crowding together; clustering together; close formation; swarm
number of words a person speaks; number of dependents; number of mouths to feed; number of shares, items, applications, etc.
anguished; distressed; worried; horny
first departure (of the day); first train; first bus; departing one's home station (of a train, bus, etc.)
the opposite direction; the other way
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
within expectations; as expected; within the scope of hypothesis or assumption
fund-raising; collection of funds
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
no change; no difference; no unusual events; no accidents; no incidents
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
to be loath to; to balk at (doing); to grudge (doing); to take (good) care of
suddenly and forcefully (e.g. jerk, poke, shove); in a single gulp; in one go
compulsion; coercion; forcing (to do); enforcement
fucking; First Kitchen (fast food restaurant chain)
companion; comrade; escort; member of a party; fellow traveller; fellow traveler
first period (e.g. first class in school day)
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
after having come this far; now that we've come this far
to make do errands; to set to scutwork
to change (lower-body clothing: shoes, pants, skirt, etc.); to put on (the wrong shoes)