contacting; (making) contact; connection (with a train, bus, etc.); joining (a railway line, etc.); connection (between matters, incidents, etc.); relation
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
moment; brief space of time
person working for someone else (followed by job title); hired
whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly
pensive (or worried) look on one's face
(a person or body being) unidentifiable (unidentified)
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
mention (in a document); record; entry; statement; listing
whereabouts; place where one is; position; location
difficult to imagine; quite unlikely to; very doubtful; would not expect
interior; inside; internal
foreseeing; anticipating; lookahead; prefetching; reading ahead
to explain adequately; to be accountable
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
to wash again; to reconsider
drawing up (e.g. legal document, contract, will, etc.); preparing; writing; framing; making; producing
to head home; to leave for home
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
from now; from the present moment; from this time forward; henceforth
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
regular time; stated period
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
string; cord; man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; restrictions; conditions
one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)
crisp (e.g. potato chip, fried fish, etc.); crunchy; grumpily; touchily; scratching
relaxed; familiar; easy to access; friendly
friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
siblings; brothers and sisters; brothers; siblings-in-law; brothers-in-law; mate
smoked food; smoking (fish, meat, etc.); smoked
cheese; tee (piping); T-joint; cheese (said when taking a photograph)
to line up; to set up; to enumerate; to itemize; to be equal (to); to compare well (with)
depressed; bummed out; down; heavy-hearted; heavy-spirited; feeling reluctant (to do)
one-by-one; separately; every single; each and every; without omission
erasure; striking off; crossing out; cancellation; deletion
hard; tough; hardware; hard disk