to relax; to feel at home
more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; tentatively; for the time being; just in case; once
to dress stylishly; to joke; to play on words
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
season (period in which regulated games are played); season (division of the year); season (of a TV show, etc.); season (for doing something, e.g. ski season, entrance examination season)
apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal
reservation system; appointment system; (on) a subscription basis
edge; brink; verge; time; moment of
escaping the summer heat; going somewhere cooler during the summer; summering
menu; schedule; program; (computer) menu
wholly; solely; entirely; principally; mostly; chiefly
to compare; to make a comparison; to compete; to vie
to look (sound, behave) grown-up; to be adult-like; to mature
precocity; early ripening; premature development
to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to
glass (drinking vessel); glass (material); glasses (eyewear)
peeking; peeping (e.g. through a hole, narrow gap)
cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration
to hold; to carry; to embrace (in one's arms)
so; accordingly; now; then; thereupon; therefore
to crouch; to squat; to cower
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
pharmacy; drugstore; chemist's (shop); hospital pharmacy; dispensary
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
to telephone; to make a phone call
request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust
look here; I say; well; I know what; I'll tell you what; just a minute
to obtain; to come into possession of; to get hold of; to get one's hands on
same crime; being equally guilty
anticlimax; let-down; disappointment; loss of interest
so to speak; so to call it; as it were
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
settlement of accounts; closing accounts; financial results; reporting (of accounts)
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
cheap-looking; tawdry; insignificant
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together
to deny; to contradict; to negate (esp. a sound); to drown out
mishearing; (feigned) deafness; homophonic translation of song lyrics for comic effect
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad