dining room; dining hall; cafeteria; restaurant; eatery; snack bar
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
tumult; great noise; clatter; hustle and bustle
to assume an aspect; to take on an appearance
bustling; busy; crowded; lively (party, voices, etc.); loud; noisy
to sew; to stitch; to weave one's way (e.g. through a crowd)
as one would expect; just as you'd expect (from); still; all the same; even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
here I am; I'm home!; presently; right away; right now
though; notwithstanding; although
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
strange; weird; wonder; mystery; cleverness; adroitness
to stop talking; to break off; to pause
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
I'm off; see you later; to go (and then come back)
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since
regular customer; regular patron; frequenter; constant companion
occasionally; once in a while; now and then; rarely; seldom
guest spending the night (i.e. at a hotel)
(personal) appearance; (personal) grooming; essential skill; required knowledge
habit; (social) custom; practice; convention
thin; pale; light; watery; thin; weak (taste, etc.); little (affection, etc.) not much (of a presence)
joint ownership; co-ownership; sharing (e.g. a viewpoint); sharing (files, devices on a network, posts on social media, etc.)
good thing; nice thing; good excuse; good grounds; interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response
to touch emotionally; to feel something; to strike home
yell (of encouragement); cheering (esp. for a school sports team)
amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.); drink (usu. alcoholic); full; one squid, octopus, crab, etc.; one boat; fully; to capacity
to give (someone) a treat; to be extravagant; to live luxuriously; to be proud; to be haughty
free (of charge); gratuitous
promptly; immediately; quickly; indifferently
seat; location (of a gathering, etc.); place; position; post
I'm afraid to say; I'm sorry to say; unfortunately
to push someone (towards); to encourage someone
in the same way as; just like
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
another helping; second helping; seconds; command to have dog place its second paw in one's hand
almost; roughly; approximately