with a loud smack; whack; slap; crack; snap
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
prompt; immediate; in real time
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
one's hand; name tag; nameplate; wallet-sized (photo)
agreement; coincidence; correspondence; conformity
senility; dotage; decrepitude
to be complicated; to be elaborate; (arch.) to push in; (arch.) to be crowded
nurse; (lit.) angel in white
braid (hair, cord. etc.); plait
regular; well-regulated; systematic; orderly
co-sleeping; sleeping together
substance; essence; entity; subject; content; reality
slow; sluggish; dull; lax (regulation, handling, etc.); slack; sloppy
to push up; to thrust up; to put pressure on (one's superiors); to pressure; to well up (of an emotion); to surge up
sensitive; susceptible; impressionable
veteran (in a particular field); person with a lot of experience; old hand
to be fed up (with); to be tired (of); to be stumped; to be nonplussed; to wince; to shrink back
to treat as a joke; to do jokingly
middle of the night; dead of night
uneasy feeling; sense of anxiety; malaise
right side; right-hand side
passionate; ardent; enthusiastic
guard; protector; defensive armament; personal armor (armour)
to finish knitting; to lace from bottom to top; to finish compiling (e.g. a dictionary); to finish editing
everywhere; all over the place; here and there; at every turn
to install; to fit; to (manage to) obtain (someone's agreement, permission, etc.); to get; to patronize (a shop); to buy usually (from the same store)
to detain; to take into custody
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
shooting star; falling star; meteor; blaze (wide white stripe down the face of a horse)
splendour; splendor; magnificence; grandeur
tip of an ear (of wheat, etc.); tip (of a brush, spear, etc.); point; spearhead
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation; fixing
substitute; replacement; stand-in; proxy; compensation; exchange
stock (of a gun); gunstock
natural; inborn; innate; inherent; characteristic