eating between meals; snacking
tea (usu. green); tea break (at work); tea ceremony
without; unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory
perpetrators of (some) crime; (some type of) crime
to notify; to advise; to inform
prison; detention house; detention center; jail
to detain; to keep; to lock up; to retain; to leave (letter) till called for
on and after; as from; hereafter; thereafter; since
with a clink; with a flop; suddenly; all of a sudden
to cease; to stop; to be over
slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
scribbling; scrawl; hasty writing
space on a page (e.g. in a newspaper); surface of paper; letter; writings
to hesitate to say; to mumble; to hem and haw; to falter
to hesitate; to hold back; to be reluctant; to be unwilling; to have loose painful bowel movement; to suffer from tenesmus
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to resolve; to ready (oneself); to make up one's mind
moment; brief space of time
to wrap up; to pack; to cover; to envelop; to conceal (a feeling); to hide
to insist; to assert; to be obstinate in saying
to say; to speak; to tell; to talk
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
luxurious; magnificent; extravagant; sumptuous
to decorate gaudily; to overdecorate; to deck out; to embellish
to open one's eyes wide (in astonishment, wonder, etc.); to be wide-eyed; to be amazed
slight movement; slight tremor; quiver
absence; disregard; indifference
to tell; to inform; to announce; to indicate; to signal; to mark
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
to parade; to march; to walk in procession
hot topic; talk of the town
spreading around (news, etc.); talking about widely; noising about; circulating
fair and square; open and aboveboard
flourish of trumpets; fanfare
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
to wait and see; to see how the land lies
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit