as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
gifted education; special education for gifted children
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
perception; sensation; awareness
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to delay; to postpone; to put off; to slow down; to hold up; to retard
testimony; (verbal) evidence
flight; desertion; escape
confession; acknowledgement; acknowledgment
lesson; section (in an organization); division; counter for lessons and chapters (of a book)
section manager; section chief
to enquire of someone about something (inquire); to question; to interrogate; to grill (someone about a matter); to question in detail
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
ordinary person; member of the general public; non-celebrity
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
arrangement; pact; agreement
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
great (quantity, amount, etc.); huge; enormous; serious
to bear; to carry on one's back; to take responsibility for; to accept a duty; to receive (wound); to incur (damage)
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
all that one has; all that there is; the whole
emergency; extraordinary; unusual
poverty; penury; need; shortage; lack; want
common knowledge; well-known fact
respect and affection; love and respect
to beg; to ask; to request; to invite
retreat; withdrawal; retirement
reliance; trust; faith; confidence
thought; imagination; mind; desire; wish; love
to assemble everything together; to do something as a group
distant future; inevitable future; places one goes to
to prowl after; to keep watch on
(public) notice; attention; public eye; public gaze
quiet; calm; easily; comfortably; distant; far-off
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around