to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
home delivery (of food); outside catering
very popular; highly favoured
register of names; list of names; roll; register; roster
engineering works; civil engineering; public works
technical skill; ability; capacity
et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth
to assort; to classify; to journalize (in accounting); to journalise
appointment; rendezvous; date
to balance; to be in harmony; to be in equilibrium; to suit; to go well together; to be a good match
to picture; to come into one's mind; to remember
supper; night meal; late-night snack; "fourth meal"; midnight snack
being overheard; being leaked (e.g. secrets); going in one ear and out the other
to let (someone) swim; to make (someone) swim; to make (someone) stumble forward; to make stagger; to let (a suspect) roam freely (while monitoring them); to leave at large
not having had enough to drink (esp. alcohol)
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to be infatuated (with); to be hooked (on); to lose one's heart (on)
brilliance; luster; lustre; vividness; life
witnessing; observing; sighting
taking a seat; sitting down (in one's seat)
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
some; several; many; how many; how much; very
to droop (e.g. ears of grain); to bow one's head; to hang one's head
to pass; to elapse; to pass through; to go through; to experience; to go through
armaments; military preparations
true; real; genuine; proper; utter
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
mean; contemptible; despicable; dirty; foul; cowardly
serious; severe; grave; acute
present; current; in operation
present age; present day; today; modern era; modern times