infection; contagion; becoming infected
meaning; significance; sense
in some way; somehow or other; somewhere or other
missing (of a person); lost; unaccounted for; whereabouts unknown
one o'clock; once; at one time; for a time; for a while; a time
to make someone drink; to force someone to drink; to serve (alcohol); to treat someone (to drinks); to be drinkable (esp. of alcohol); to be palatable
dimly; faintly; absentmindedly; vacantly; idly; aimlessly
that; the matter in question
private affairs; personal matter
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
to lose; to miss (a change, opportunity); to lose (a loved one); to be bereaved of; to concede (goals, points, etc.)
endemic disease; local disease
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
without; unless; have to do
(not) in any way; in no way; at all; terribly; awfully; hopelessly
meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up
technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft
many; much; plenty; hardly
to join together; to combine; to join up
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
very busy (person or thing)
furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this
before one knows it; before one realises; without one's knowledge; without noticing
plunge basin; waterfall lake; plunge pool; basin under a waterfall
without; but if; otherwise; or else
to be exhausted; to be worn out
to come and stay; to drop in; to visit
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
to lose sight of; to miss
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
side (of something, or taking someone's side); part; (watch) case
person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm
to begin to run; to start running; to break into a run
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
to have a narrow escape from death
swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction
to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
distinction (e.g. between right and wrong, public and private, etc.)