quickly; calmly; intently
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
none of your business; not your concern
multilateral; many-sided; diversified
to decrease; to be reduced; to reduce; to lessen; to subtract; to deduct
breastwork; parapet; fortress; parapet; chest wall
it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but
to continue to do; to persist in doing
(having) two choices; choice between two things
time limit; time restriction
(afternoon) nap; sleeping during the day; siesta
to undo; to untie; to unfasten; to unlace; to unravel; to loosen
iron (steel) wire; Chinese clematis; Clematis florida; leather flower
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
recognition; acknowledgement; acknowledgment; approval; consent; agreement
to crawl out; to creep out; to begin to crawl
encounter; engagement; battle
to appear; to start to appear; to show signs of appearing
to run about; to rush about
change of heart; change of mind; change in love interest; (arch.) mental derangement; (arch.) madness; (arch.) insanity
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
100,000; hundred thousand
no matter how much time passes; no matter how long you wait; (taking) forever
laughing in astonishment (at something silly or stupid); scoff
to half-rise to one's feet
completely black; black from top to bottom; black from head to toe
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
to leak out (of a secret); to come out; to be exposed (of a lie, improper behaviour, etc.); to get away (of a fish)
quadrilateral; quadrangle; tetragon
thump-thump; bang-bang; pit-a-pat; to beat fast (of one's heart); to throb; to pound
to lie on top of one another; to be in a heap
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
fresh wound; fresh bruise
rash; reckless; headlong; foolhardy
to run out of breath; to be short of breath; to run out of steam; to be unable to continue; to die
interval between the waves; gap between waves