joining (an association, agreement, etc.); participation; affiliation; accession
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; apart from ...; setting ... aside
using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on
setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
firm; strong; solid; stable
to throw; to cast (e.g. vote, light, shadow); to devote oneself (e.g. to a cause); to invest; to put in; to administer (medicine); to give
to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)
(face) mask; (facial) features; looks; mask (e.g. for circuit etching)
to move around; to move about; to get around
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to be traced (of a criminal); to be tracked; (arch.) to have a (male) lover
to slip through; to slip past; to evade
sleep; sleeping; inactivity; death
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
ruins (of a building, town, etc.); remains
to blow through; to blow across
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to dismantle; to demount; to take something away; to detach
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
worthy of special mention
on the street; around town; the world; the public
enchantingly beautiful flower; bewitching beauty
in a sense; in some way; to an extent
(suffering a) complete defeat; utter defeat; annihilation
mixed with; mingled with; interspersed with; dashed with; sprinkled with
to ask; to enquire; to query
how; in what way; by what means
unconcernedly; nonchalantly; indifferently; blankly; vacantly; absentmindedly
black-market lending; illegal loan
human trafficking; slave trade
drug trafficking; dealing in illegal drugs