slow; time-consuming; late (in the day); towards the end (of the day or night); later (than expected or usual); late
awfully; frightfully; desperately; violently; unduly; extremely
corridor; hallway; passageway
roughly; approximately; round about; cursorily; briefly; quickly
to glance at; to look at; to scan; to run one's eyes over
figure; form; appearance; dress; state; condition
habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice); tendency; peculiarity; idiosyncrasy; crease; wrinkle
distinction; difference; separate; different; exception; exclusion
to expand; to swell (out); to get big; to become inflated
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
hair or fur on the surface of fabric; pile; growth of hair; hairy legs
to step firmly; to harden by treading
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
storey; story; stairs; stage (in chronostratigraphy); counter for storeys and floors of a building
to reserve (for exclusive use); to charter; to book; to lend out completely; to lend out all of (something)
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
helpless; forlorn; hopeless; unpromising; lonely; discouraging
anxiety; uneasiness; worry; apprehension; fear; insecurity
to advance on; to close in; to march on; to descend on (the enemy); to move towards; to surge forward (crowd, wave of nostalgia, wave, etc.)
poor (at); weak (in); not very good (at); not one's cup of tea; not one's favorite
mad (with grief, love, etc.); crazy; out of one's mind; on the verge of insanity
strange; odd; unexpected; change; incident; disturbance
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that
next (e.g. "next April"); forthcoming; coming; to come; to arrive; to be due to
so; like this; in this way
to tear off; to pluck; to scratch off
all; entire; whole; altogether
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
faint; dim; weak; poor; wretched; meagre
to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous
to speak; to hear a voice
direction; orientation; bearing; course (e.g. of action)
cannot handle (it) any longer; fed up with; enough is enough
soaked; drenched; sopping; incessantly (raining); drizzling
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
thin; skinny; delicate; fragile; feeble
female; woman; female sex; female lover; girlfriend; mistress
a short while ago; a moment ago; just now; some time ago
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire