to chew thoroughly; to bite (e.g. one's lip); to reflect upon; to digest
retreat; falling back; recession; waning; backspace (key)
impediment; burden; encumbrance; hindrance; drag
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
reality; actuality; hard fact
that child; that kid; that boy; (arch.) you
to put in order; to arrange; to get ready; to prepare; to work out (e.g. business deal); to arrange (e.g. marriage)
abduction; kidnapping; kidnaping
convenient; handy; useful
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
definite; final; decisive; conclusive
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
the way it was; the way it used be; as of old; in former times
reason; logic; sense; truth; right
have to (verb); must (verb); is indispensable; absolutely necessary
coincident with; while; simultaneously
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
as one expects; as one wants; to one's satisfaction; as one sees fit
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
how about ...?; I wonder; I don't know
route; course; path; one's future course (e.g. after graduating high school)
to shift; to slide (e.g. something away from something else); to move (e.g. something out of the way); to put off; to delay; to postpone
lateral direction; horizontal direction; transverse direction; landscape orientation
to come to a dead end; to come to a standstill; to reach a deadlock; to reach an impasse; to reach a stalemate
victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm
pattern; behavioural pattern; behavioral pattern; predictability
to lessen; to decrease; to diminish
circumference; girth; surroundings; neighbourhood; people surrounding oneself; surrounding circumstances
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
many; much; plenty; hardly
to throw at; to throw something at a person; to throw a person down
palm (of one's hand); skill; (in one's) grip; (under one's) control; one's (concealed) intentions; one's cards
distortion; falsification; perversion
place; spot; grounds; arena; stadium; range
to bend; to crook; to lean; to tilt; to bend (the truth); to distort
spell; charm; incantation; magic word
to recite; to chant; to cry; to yell; to advocate; to advance
busy; having no (free) time
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
large quantity; massive (quantity); mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction)
to begin shooting; to shoot out
intercept; interception; counter-attack
the more ... the more ...; as; (arch.) while; (arch.) during; (arch.) because; (arch.) since