the smartest thing in a tight situation is to beat a retreat
insular; closed; unsociable; exclusive
food and drink; eating and drinking
to say; to spatter; to prate; to prattle; to babble
bar; bolt (e.g. on door); double-arm lock; (rope) cinching
to break; to smash; to defeat; to destroy; to eliminate
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
drawing; picture; diagram; sight; scene
to delineate; to draw; to express; to imagine
idea; thought; discretion; forgiveness; pardon
to become a couple; to be man and wife; to be married to
to take over; to hand over
to be confused; to be flustered; to be at a loss
for dear life; barely escaping alive
it's not like; it isn't as if
older employee who does not have much actual work
scolding; rebuke; reprimand; fierce encouragement; exhorting
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon
several times; several degrees
supplement; top up; complement; making up (a deficiency)
fantastic; grotesque; strange-looking; suspicious-looking
to get moldy (mouldy); to get musty; to develop mildew
to shave off; to scrape off
flabby; limp; soft and pliable
to bend; to wind; to twist; to zig-zag
waterway; canal; channel; swimming pool lane
to be scheduled to (do); to be expected to (do)
to chatter pointlessly; to waste one's breath
ramification; branching off
unbearable; intolerable; unendurable
to dry up completely; to become stale
to pierce through; to break through
wood; woods; forest; bunch (of something); cluster; line
reflection; reverberation; reflex; reflexes
congratulation; congratulations; celebration; congratulatory gift; present
large hole; big deficit; heavy losses; long-shot win (in horse racing, etc.); big winnings (on a long shot)
to appease; to suppress; to calm