manners; customs; sex service; sex industry; sex-oriented entertainment
small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit
to stick; to get stuck; to be unavailable; to be busy; to be piled up (e.g. of work); to halt (in one's speech)
at a moment's notice; readily
to empty; to vacate; to evacuate
to search (esp. a home in a police search)
to abuse; to exploit to the full; to give free rein to
serious wound; serious injury
analgesic; painkiller; sedative; tranquilizer; tranquiliser
medical efficacy; effect of a medicine
in the face of; in defiance of
pivot foot; emphasis; priority; focus
I've heard that ...; rumour has it that ...; it appears as if ...
all but dead; half killed
being cleared (doubt, misgivings, etc.); being dispelled; melting away; melting (of ice)
reveal of how a trick is done; disclosure of a secret (cause, source, etc.); exposure; explanation
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to accomplish; to fulfill; to carry out
to go ahead; to pull ahead
inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever; whichever; I don't care
clearly; brightly; crisply
to read the situation; to sense the mood
to be coming; to be popular; to be fashionable; to be angry; to have blown one's lid
deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind
introspection; reflection on one's self
reproduction; duplication; reprinting
thoughtful; considerate; sensible; prudent; having good taste; discerning
to be delirious with fever; to have a feverish dream; (fig.) to be crazy about something
to freeze (from fear); to be unable to (too frightened to) run
every one (of them); (one and) all; without exception; to a man; to the last person
to give; to present; to offer; to do for someone's sake
simple honesty; tactless frankness
ordinary; nothing special; nothing to exclaim over
difference; disparity; gap
pushing; backing; boosting; pushing from behind (a cart, etc.); pusher
flood of emotions; many thoughts
alternately; in succession
a person without a single relative
along the road; along the way