company; lot; people; troupe; company (of musicians)
nothing but; except; no more than
to drink; to swallow; to smoke (tobacco); to swallow up; to engulf; to suppress (one's anger, bitter feelings, etc.); to keep down
alone; by oneself; on one's own
to be sufficient; to be enough; to be worth doing; to be worthy of; to do (the job); to serve
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
possibly; apparently; (seem) likely; somehow or other; with difficulty; barely
to worry (about); to fuss (over); to be careful (about); to pay attention (to); to take (good) care of
someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter; lady consort (to a high personage)
to penetrate; to sink in; to devote oneself (to); to do intently and exclusively; to do throughout (e.g. the night)
first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)
to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with
to finish; to end; to have a result less severe than expected; to feel at ease; to feel unease or guilt for troubling someone; to be sorry
store; shop; establishment; restaurant
closing up shop (for the day); stopping business; going out of business
considerably; fairly; quite; rather; pretty
long (distance, length); long (time); protracted; prolonged
time; hour; period; class
applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party; volunteer
use; utilization; utilisation; application
to be able to do; to be possible; to be good at; to do well; to come into existence; to form; to be made
fee-charging; paid; not free; toll road
first floor; ground floor; one floor; one storey; one rank
like this; this sort; this way
noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe
above; over; top; summit; surface; on (top of); the above (in a piece of writing)
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
pause (in speech, writing, etc.); punctuation; break; end; (place to) stop
creaking; squeaking; packing in tightly; cramming; hard (pressing, tying, twisting, etc.); tightly
to take a nap; to catch forty winks; to catch some Z's
because; as; since; because of that; therefore; accordingly
normal; ordinary; normally; ordinarily; local train; train that stops at every station
than; in comparison to; rather than; over; above
(very) cheap; (very) inexpensive; cut-price; bargain (price)
single; single bed; hotel room with a single bed; single-breasted; single-cuffed; single width (of cloth; usu. 0.71 meters); singles (tennis, badminton, etc.)
twin; twin room; double room
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building