to be hot on a person's heels
complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
virile; tough; masculine; sharp (features, look, etc.); fierce; dauntless
none of your business; not your concern
that kind of; of the sort; of the kind; such
to see (someone) off; to escort; to watch (someone or something) go out of sight; to follow with one's eyes; to let (a bus, pitch, etc.) go by; to let pass; to postpone
to stay at (e.g. hotel); to be docked; to be berthed; to be moored
half the number; half (of an amount); haploid (organism, cell, etc.); haplont
to leave; to go away; to pass; to elapse; to be distant; to send away; to drive off
lodging; inn; house; home; home of a servant's parents (or guarantor, etc.)
to be forced to do or experience something (against one's will); to be forced to do something because one has no other choice
seat; bench; temporary job while looking for a better job or until one marries
to be lost in deep thought; to be deeply immersed in thought
journey; route of a journey
killing time; keeping oneself occupied; time killer; wasting time; waste of time
to bring (something); to take along; to fetch; to get
(written) work; book; writings
to get tired of; to tire of; to lose interest in; to become sated; to become satiated; to have one's fill
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
there is no need to ...; never happens; there is never a time when
busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden
to employ; to hire; to take on; to charter (a car, boat, etc.); to hire
confused; chaotic; jumbled; upside-down
clamour; clamor; uproar; tumult; furore; furor
temporary; provisional; interim; special; extraordinary; extra
apprenticeship; probation; learning by observation; apprentice; trainee; probationer
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
sometimes; at intervals; occasionally; on occasion; from time to time
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
master; teacher; stable master
offender; criminal; culprit
to regard (as); to recognize (as); to see as; to pay attention to; to watch
in the future; another day; later
dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass
large number (of); many; majority
to end without incident; to not turn into something serious
to slip into; to crawl into (under); to conceal oneself (under); to sneak into; to infiltrate
this is why; that is the reason why; it is the case that; so; thus; with that
finishing blow; coup de grâce
previous year (fiscal, academic, etc.)
to smoke; to smoulder; to be sooty; to be smoke-stained; to smoulder (e.g. a dispute); to smolder
ground; crust (earth); foundation (building, etc.); base; constituency; power base