reservation; appointment; contract; subscription; programming (e.g. a device); setting (e.g. a timer)
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out; to be away from (e.g. one's house); to leave (temporarily); to dawn
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
fortunate person; lucky fellow; lucky dog
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to spring; to jump up; to fly up; to skip
even so; all the same; nevertheless; yes, but ...
meeting face-to-face; seeing in person; facing (each other); opposing (traffic, etc.); confronting
life; existence; (one's) working life; career; life force; lifeblood
maintenance; preservation; improvement
activity (of a person, organization, animal, volcano, etc.); action; movie (esp. during the silent movie period)
yearned for; longed for; missed
lots of; a ton of; a mountain of; piles of; heaps of; so many
(place of) refuge; escape; exit; way out; shelter; hiding place
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
straight to the point; point-blank; frank; direct
straight ball (pitch); direct (e.g. question); blunt
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
departure; departing (from ...); sending; sent (by ...); engine; counter for gunshots, bursts of gas, etc.
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.); to fill the room (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. voice); to hold (a castle, fortress, etc.)
slowly; tardily; complaining; grumbling; unsettled (e.g. weather); loose
to retreat; to back off; to draw back; to step back; to shrink away
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
wall; partition; barrier; obstacle; Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)
to place both hands on the ground (to express respect, apology or to present a request)
charming; fascinating; voluptuous
to collapse; to give up; to lose one's nerve; to have one's knees give way
colouring; coloring; sex appeal (esp. of women); sexiness; interest in the opposite sex; sexual feelings; charm
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
to be turned inside out; to betray; to double-cross; to break into falsetto; to crack into falsetto
nature; spontaneity; natural airhead
pure; true; genuine; unmixed
smoothly; easily; readily
sweet voice; seductive voice
troublesome; annoying; complicated
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
to crawl; to creep; to slither; to wriggle; to trail (of vines, flowers, etc.); to spread
glamorous; charming; beguiling; bewitching; beautiful; fascinatingly elegant
to raise one's voice; to shout; to yell; to speak up (e.g. in protest); to speak one's mind
emphatically (bite, gulp, chew, etc.)
oil; petroleum; oil; lubricant; (cooking) oil; (massage) oil; ointment
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead