study; research; investigation
transformation; variation; metamorphosis; modification; deformation; variety
according to (one's) calculations; for the purpose of calculation
yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer
just cause; good reason; pretext; duty (to one's country, sovereign, etc.)
reserve; constraint; declining; refraining; forethought; foresight
interference; intervention; meddling
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
to be buried; to be covered; to overflow; to be crowded; to be repaid (e.g. debt); to be replenished
what with this and that; for a number of reasons
rest; break; recess; intermission
to quiet; to calm down; to compose oneself; to settle down
neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity
duty; sense of duty; honor; in-law; relation by marriage
to accompany; to follow; to keep up with
representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number
to bear responsibility for; to be liable for; to answer for; to take the blame for
to cut down; to slay; to truncate; to round down; to omit; to discard
dry; dry (tone, humour, etc.); unemotional; dry (of alcohol)
to keep in pace with; to keep up with; to follow (someone's thought); to understand
head; lead; vanguard; first
sleepy; drowsy; somnolent
to carry (a child) on one's back; to piggyback; (arch.) to take on (a job, responsibility, etc.)
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
sidelong glance; short grain (paper)
knowing; (an) acquaintance
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
it's been a long time; long time no see
frequently; often; (staring) fixedly; narrowly; closely
to be shy; to be bashful; to feel awkward; to feel embarrassed
bewilderment; perplexity; embarrassment; discomfiture; bafflement
to express (in words); to confess
to grant someone's request
to need; to demand; to take; to require
to rot; to decay; to die in obscurity; to be forgotten with time
full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
upper end; top; tip; top edge
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
revival; reconstruction; restoration; rebuilding; recovery; renaissance
plot of land; lot; soil; locality; region; place
worst; worst-case (scenario)