mess; sorry state; -ways; -wards; in the act of ...; just as one is ...
physical punishment; beating; smacking; severe scolding; chastisement; discipline
scornful laughter; ridicule; derision; sneer
to run around trying to escape; to run from place to place
to run around (wildly); to rush about all over the place; to make every effort (to do); to do everything one can
starting point; starting line
to annoy; to irritate; to cause offence; to provoke; to get on someone's nerves
to trample down; to tread on; to ignore; to spurn
stamp (postage); merchandise certificate
series; chain; two reams (i.e. 1000 sheets of paper); verse; stanza
flight; desertion; escape
drama; play; powerful drug
end; close; conclusion; termination
to read out; to read aloud; to call out; to finish reading; to read through
fraudulent accounting; window-dressing settlement of accounts; creative accounting
accepting an order; receiving an order; orders received; closed won
dilution; watering down; inflation (of budget, claim, etc.); padding
to pilfer; to filch; to pocket; to make off with
irony; sarcasm; unexpected; different from what one expected; (only) surface; something superficial
seal; stamp; judgment; judgement; size (of paper or books)
to plunder; to grab; to snatch
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to accept (a gift or money)
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
to measure; to weigh; to survey; to conjecture; to infer; to surmise
pulpy; soppy; sloppy; untidy; in a disarray
to be irritated; to get annoyed; to lose one's patience
(hand-to-hand) fight; grapple; scuffle; struggling (with a problem, task, etc.); grappling; wrestling
to fill to capacity; to pack; to complete; to tessellate
to drive on; to urge forward (e.g. cattle); to rouse (game from its cover); to press a tenant to leave; to evict
to freeze (to something); to be frozen (to); to freeze hard; to freeze completely
to lower the curtain (at the end of a play); to come to an end; to finish
to carry on one's shoulder; to shoulder; to bear; to bear (a burden, responsibility, etc.); to take upon oneself
being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
cavity; hollow; void; hollow (voice, smile, etc.); blank (eyes, look, etc.); vacant (expression, stare, etc.)
with a light pull; with a gentle tug; with a small motion
gradually; slowly but steadily
to soak into; to sink into; to seep into; to sink into (one's mind); to be (deeply) ingrained; to be instilled
(not) ever; (not) at all; (not) on any account; deepest bottom of the earth
to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
standing firm; holding out
one's own strength and skill alone (without money, connections, etc); nothing to rely on but oneself; (being) self-made
one more time; once more; once again
to pierce; to go through; to remove (partitions between rooms); to knock (e.g. two rooms) into one; to carry out (to completion)