monitoring; watching; observation; surveillance; guarding; supervision
dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
dropping in on the way; stopping off at; making a side trip; going the long way round; making a detour
suburb; residential area on the outskirt of a city; commuter belt
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
at leisure; in a relaxed manner; in a carefree manner; quietly; peacefully
rich (taste); full-bodied (flavour, flavor); mellow; laid-back (lifestyle); relaxed; comfortable
to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand); to own; to obtain
preliminary announcement; previous announcement; portent; sign; forewarning
uninterested; unconcerned; plain; light; flowing gently
to be due to; to be caused by; to depend on; to turn on; to be based on; to come from
(social) standing; status; identity; birth; one's circumstances; one's means
several times; a few times
to concede one is entirely in the wrong (for the sake of argument)
muscle; tendon; vein; artery; fiber; fibre; line
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
robot; (mere) puppet; pawn; figurehead
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
twice; again; second time
last night; yesterday evening
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
to make sense; to be meaningful
to eat; to live; to make a living; to bite; to sting (as insects do); to tease; to torment
in a daze; absent-mindedly; dimly; hazily; with a roar (of flames); with a whoosh
suddenly; in a flash; rapidly; nimbly; alertly
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
slip of the pen; mistake in writing; misspelling; lapsus calami
headache inducing; vexing
rudeness; impoliteness; discourtesy; insolence
two sheets (pieces) (of paper)
handwriting; calligraphy specimen; example of penmanship; holograph
official recognition; authorization; authorisation; licence; license; accreditation
preparation; arrangements; provision; getting ready; laying out (e.g. a meal)
direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination
to be enlivened; to be exhilarated
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
feeling chilly; nervous; anxious; frightened
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying