to count on one's fingers
to tear off; to peel off; to rip off; to strip off; to skin; to flay
recklessness; daredevilry; daredevil; reckless person
right above; just above; directly above; directly overhead
sudden rise; steep climb; trending
to become independent; to leave one's hands; to leave one's possession
before one's eyes; in one's presence; up close; personally
bursting; rupture; explosion; breakdown (of talks, negotiations, etc.); breaking off
to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
even ... (e.g. "even a genius")
dispersal; breaking up; running away; fleeing
to jar; to creak; to grate
darkness; the dark; bewilderment; despair; hidden place; secrecy
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
so far; up to now; hitherto; that's enough (for today); it ends here
to settle (in a place); to settle down
knowledge; awareness; acceptance; consent; forgiving; pardoning
obstacle; hindrance; impediment; nuisance; bore; burden
to call a person's attention (to)
ladle; dipper; wild chervil (Anthriscus sylvestris); cow parsley; keck
to bite; to chew; to gnaw; to fumble one's words (esp. during a play, broadcast, etc.); to falter with one's words; to crash against (e.g. of waves); to break onto (shore)
to knit one's brows (in discomfort, unease, disapproval, etc.); to raise one's eyebrows; to frown
foreign substance; foreign body; strange object; unusual object; (arch.) dead body; (arch.) corpse
piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper
backdoor; rear entrance; rear exit; unauthorized; illicit; illegal
emergency staircase; fire escape
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
shorthanded; short of hands; undermanned; insufficient (stock, money, etc.); in short supply; low
thicket; bush; coppice; brushwood
perusal; one reading; reading through (once)
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
lower floor; downstairs; bottom of the stairs; foot of the stairs
to give directions; to issue instructions
strengthening; intensifying; reinforcement; reinforcement
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; throwing one's weight around; acting as if one owns the place
timidly; nervously; with nervous diffidence; trembling with fear
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
sideslip; skid; shifting to another post (at the same level); sideways move (at a company); sliding sideways down a slope
repair; mending; fixing; servicing
ability; competency; talent; skill; capacity