unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
loop; band; loop (programming); loop (railway line); time loop; temporal loop
to repeat a mistake (of somebody); to make the same mistake as that of ...; (lit.) to follow the rut (left by someone else)
to give up (a plan or idea); to desist from (doing)
occupation; calling; livelihood
the height of folly; sheer stupidity
to tear off; to pluck off; to take forcibly
blasphemy; curse; profanity; sacrilege; desecration
the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
averaging; levelling (off); equalization; standardization; balance
hole; hole (in golf); (golf) cup; (electron) hole
counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.
to lure someone; to entice someone
cannon; carom (billiards); cannon
to search (esp. a home in a police search)
uncertainty; inaccuracy; incorrectness
decisive battle of brief duration
evaporation; disappearance (of people intentionally concealing their whereabouts); unexplained disappearance
proud; boastful; bragging; conceited
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
electronic parts (components)
indifferent; paying no attention; taking no notice
desk pad; sheet of plastic (or cardboard, felt, etc.) placed under writing paper; being pinned under; being caught under; model; pattern
coming to nothing; bubble on the surface of water; something that is short-lived
clear as day; perfectly obvious; plain as daylight
self-sufficiency; self-containment; autonomy; self-absorption
moving (location, with the times, etc.); change; metastasis; spread; transition (e.g. phase transition); transfer (of learning)
something unusual; something wrong; mishap; accident; serious condition (e.g. after an injury); different situation
intricate; elaborate; complicated; complex
assistance; backing; reinforcements
distance; perspective; far and near; here and there
continuation; persisting; lasting; sustaining; enduring
a particular; a certain; that kind of; such a