obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
firefight; gun battle; shoot-out
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
dim; hazy; vague; indistinct; faint; fuzzy
as (e.g. "do as one is told", "as we age we gain wisdom"); wherever (e.g. "wherever my fancy took me")
noisily (running around); with heavy feet; in a fluster; in a flurry; slapstick
to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)
to get information out of a person; to begin listening
to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being
(someone else's) daughter
street corner; road turn; bend in the road; turning point; watershed
negligence; carelessness; inattention; unpreparedness
to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer
false name; alias; assumed name; pseudonym
this area; around here; this point; this much; this extent
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
particularly; only; in the case of
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
report; notification; tip; message (in information and communication theory)
to be inclined to do; to be willing to do
trouble; burden; nuisance; care; dependence; support
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
unobstructed view; perspective; forecast; outlook; insight; foresight
way out; means to escape; escape route
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
that way; that direction; that (one); that person; there; over there
blind alley; cul-de-sac; dead end street; deadlock; impasse; dead end
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
flight; desertion; escape
rather; sooner; preferably
to scoff; to laugh at; to make fun of; to ridicule; to jeer at
sweet-tasting; sweet; fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); lightly salted; light in salt; naive
involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself
with a whack; with a thump; openmouthed; with one's mouth wide-open; vacantly; blankly