slow to act; slow in starting work
to be sitting with amicably; to be close to someone
to threaten; to menace; to intimidate; to startle; to frighten; to scare
two reams (of paper); 1000 sheets (of paper); stanza; verse; tribe (in taxonomy); forecast (bet); bet which predicts the top 2 finishers (i.e. quinella or perfecta bet)
to take into consideration; to use one's discretion
(coming to an) agreement; consent; mutual understanding; accord; consensus
hug; carrying in one's arms (a baby, pet, doll, etc.)
10,000,000,000; ten billion
to maintain (preserve) peace
looking on; remaining a spectator
concern; solicitude; consideration
side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
to be seething (with anger); to be frenzied; to be menacing; to be murderous
to use completely; to use up; to exhaust; to exhaust somebody's civility; to give up (on someone)
at first; at the outset; to begin with; as a first step
to be outdone (by); to be in inferior (to); to compare unfavorably (with); to be behind
to fail; to blunder; to mess up; to be dismissed; to be fired
to crush to death; to stifle to death; to squeeze to death; to stifle (a laugh, etc.); to muffle (one's breathing); to subdue (one's voice)
to say repeatedly; to say proverbially
additional finance; additional funding
climax; peak; zenith; apex
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
crucial; key; most important; main (point)
finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step
to the very end; to the bitter end; to the last; to the hilt; thoroughly
quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.); heat value; calorific value; (degree of) enthusiasm; zeal; passion
fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
to enter (house, room, etc.); to step in
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
awesome; awe-inspiring; august; discourteous (to a superior); lacking due respect
ultimate; ultimate (sport); ultimate frisbee
to bother; to meddle; to poke one's nose (into another's business); to be too helpful
things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy; (lit.) the wholesaler won't sell it like that
laying a table; setting a table
Ptolemaic theory; geocentric model; geocentrism
to ask for trouble; to dig your own grave; to cut your own throat
just like that; in the twinkling of an eye; in the blink of an eye; (lit.) in the time it takes to say "ah!"
at once; there and then; immediately