side road; byroad; digression (e.g. from argument)
official business; public business
one-by-one; separately; in detail
to feel depressed; to be down
to lurk; to be hidden; to be concealed; to lie dormant; to be latent
careless; thoughtless; stupid; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
(any) more; further; in addition (to this); at this stage; now; now that things have come to this
steady; sound; stable; safe (e.g. business); reliable; trustworthy
bitter smile; wry smile; forced smile; strained laugh
both; both sides; both parties
to open (a door, etc.); to unwrap (e.g. parcel, package); to open (for business, etc.); to empty; to remove; to move out; to clear out
unnatural phenomenon; strange happenings; haunting
to make an appearance; to show up
siege; encirclement; envelopment; surrounding; besiegement
deadlock; stalemate; standstill; hopeless position; lost game; zugzwang
to stand up straight; to stick up (e.g. of hair); to stand up abruptly; to jump to one's feet; to stand (doing nothing); to stand around
outward appearance; looks
approximate age; apparent age; marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age (when ...); for years (past)
in 8 or 9 cases out of ten; in all probability
front and rear; front and back; before and after; around; about; order; context
if you think about it; come to think of it
power; authority; influence
woman's beauty or charms; love affair with a woman; lust for women
to indulge in; to give oneself up to; to be obsessed by; to be engrossed in; to be lost in; to be absorbed in
this is not the time (for that); that's out of the question right now
since some time ago; for some time; for quite a while
street; road; traffic; coming and going; flow (of water, air, etc.); passage; transmission (of sound)
to find fault with; to question
bet; wager; stake; gamble
sky; heaven; God; svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth); deva (divine being of Buddhism); top (of a book); sole (of a Japanese sandal)
to crush to death; to press to death; to squeeze to death; to suppress (a laugh, one's anger, etc.); to stifle; to subdue (one's voice)
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetence; ineffectiveness
to change (into); to turn (into); to transform (into); to influence
careful thought; consideration; deliberation; reflection; rumination; pondering
available room (hotel); vacancy; room to let
to put to bed; to let sleep; to lay (something) down; to put on its side; to let (money, goods, etc.) lie idle; to set aside unused
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
on the contrary; far from it; if anything; in fact; instead
entering (government) service; attendance (at one's office); presenting oneself for duty
to press a question; to cross-examine
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
self-control; self-restraint