waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); waiter; waitress; office boy; office girl
charge; duty; person in charge; connection; linking
next; hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence); order; sequence
tone of voice; mimicry; imitative voice
to leak out; to escape; to find expression; to give vent; to leak out; to be divulged
turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)
or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it; I mean
to boil up; to come to the boil; to arise; to break out; to get excited; to be in uproar
interesting; fascinating; amusing; funny; enjoyable; fun
to have a meal; to take a meal
is it?; isn't it?; be; is
to hang up (e.g. a coat, a picture on the wall); to let hang; to put on (e.g. a blanket); to put on top of; to put on (glasses, etc.); to wear (a necklace, etc.); to make (a call)
duty; responsibility (incl. supervision of staff); liability; onus
abandonment; renunciation; resignation; abdication (responsibility, right)
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
mother-in-law; foster mother; step mother
transactions; dealings; business
anonymous report; (secret) information; tip-off; informing (against)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
taste (in fashion, music, etc.); sense (e.g. of humour); flair
most; highest; maximum; best; wonderful; finest
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
friend; ally; supporter; taking sides with; supporting; standing by
to be befuddled (with drink); to be intoxicated; to be infatuated; to be entranced; to be carried away
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
to scold; to chide; to rebuke; to reprimand
to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant
cold; chilly; cold (attitude, stare, etc.); frigid; composed; cool
to give oneself to (esp. of a woman to a man); to surrender oneself to
forgetting; lapse of memory
pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)
haughty; arrogant; pompous; self-important
beginning and end; doing something from beginning to end; being unchanged from beginning to end; from beginning to end; the whole time
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
to have no chance (of succeeding)
this, that and the other; this and that
to go uninvited; to call on without an invitation; to barge in on; to throng to; to crowd into; to converge upon
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)