opportunism; waiting and seeing (how the wind blows); sitting on the fence; straddling
late at night; deep in the night
errand; mission; messenger; bearer; familiar spirit
to pant (while rushing); to gasp; to puff and blow
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
(medical) doctor; physician
to suck (or draw) out; to aspirate
to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem
actual article or goods; spots (stocks, foreign exchange, commodities, etc.); (in) kind (income, benefit, rent, taxes, investment, etc.)
to smell; to smell of; to have a smell
to choke; to have trouble breathing
to become conscious; to recover one's senses; to snap out of it
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
lodger who pays nothing for room and board; freeloader; sponger
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
after that; afterwards; thereafter
next morning; following morning
to blunder; to fail; to make a mistake
to be disappointed; to be dejected; to be downhearted; to feel exhausted; to feel drained
to bring down (an animal, opponent, etc.); to kill; to shoot dead; to shoot down
evening deepens into night; the night wears on; night advances
to come along; to come around; to turn up; to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
to head home; to leave for home
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
the flight formation of geese; lining up shoulder to shoulder like flying geese; leading out
rise and fall; frequent fluctuations (of the market price)
side street (often parallel to a main street); back street; alley; alleyway
to be lit (e.g. candle, lamp, light bulb); to be lighted; to be burning
unintentionally; calmly; inadvertently; innocently
leakage; omission; oversight; I; me
to shine on; to illuminate; to compare (with); to refer to
unusual; uncommon; extraordinary; out of the ordinary; incomparable; serious
anywhere; for all time; through thick and thin; come hell or high water; persistently; stubbornly
to turn one's hand to; to reach out one's hand; to get involved in; to make a move on; to strike; to beat
two classes; double; two sets