- firm; secure
- satisfactory; consummate; perfect
- to know sth like the back of one's hand (idiom); to know (a person, a place etc) inside out
- chicken stock; chicken soup; (fig.) chicken soup for the soul – i.e. feel-good motivational stories (often used disparagingly because the stories don't really effect change in people's lives)
- regular and thorough (idiom); methodically arranged
- trumpet; small size (clothes etc); (coll.) a number one; a piss; (humble) our store; alternate account (for an Internet forum etc)
- North Star; Polaris
- first day of the month; toilet; (slang) top (in a homosexual relationship)
- special duty (e.g. extra security or traffic control on special occasions); person on special duty
- publicly known (to be); accepted (as)
- to cater to; to pander to
- mass; multitude; the masses
- car roof
- whence; where
- pressing; threatening
- to climb a mountain; climbing; mountaineering
- command; commander-in-chief
- inauguration
- polka (dance) (loanword)
- end; finish
- (idiom) to do things half-heartedly; to merely go through the motions
- to learn by heart; to memorize
- no time to deal with it (idiom); caught unprepared
- extreme and inflexible; fixated; stubborn in clinging to a notion; (psychology) paranoid
- rice straw
- brand new house; bridal chamber
- to break up (a marriage, family etc)
- to lay (railroad tracks, carpet, pipeline); to install (wiring, cable); to construct (road, concrete slab)
- plywood
- to wait for; to expect; to keep watch; to watch over; to nurse
- more than half; greater part; most; probably; most likely
- a remote and desolate place
- shelter; hiding place
- to come to oneself; to come to realize; to come to see the truth; to wake up to reality
- sudden and violent attack; assault; fig. rushed job; concentrated effort to finish a job quickly
- to sit and wait; (fig.) to be passive; to sit back and wait for (success, an opportunity etc)