to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
fearfully; timidly; nervously; cautiously; gingerly
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
prefab; prefabrication; prefabricated building
storage room; storeroom; lumber room
doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary
network; Internet; net (hair, netball, etc.); net (price, weight, etc.); nett
to look at; to gaze at; to look out over; to get a view of; to look on (from the sidelines); to stand by and watch
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
figure of a person; figures of people; shadow of a person
rubber shoes; rubber boots; wellingtons
to catch one's breath; to gulp; to have one's breath taken away; to gasp
to taper to a point; to become pointed; to become sharp; to look displeased; to look sour; to be on edge
to one's heart's content; as much as one wants; as hard as one can; resolution; decisiveness; determination
acceleration; speeding up
to jump at; to be attracted by
to throw down; to throw out; to abandon; to resign; to give freely; to give generously
just before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
umbrella; parasol; something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap
to stick into; to pierce; to run into
to pierce through; to break through
smartly dressed; stylish; someone smartly dressed; to dress up; to be fashionable
to shake (from fear, cold, excitement, etc.); to shudder; to tremble
to use one's influence; to pull strings; to take measures; to make the necessary preparations
to be caught; to be captured; to be taken prisoner; to be seized with (fear, etc.); to be a slave to; to stick to
to turn; to rotate; to pass around; to send around; to move (someone or something to where its needed); to send; to turn (to a new use)
to go round and cut in; to take a roundabout path
to lift (a person) in one's arms; to help (a person) sit up
to chase; to run after; to pursue
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
demand; firm request; requisition; requirement; desire
thirtieth day of the month; thirty days
curtain raising; starting (e.g. play, concert)
to crowd (a house); to throng to (a door)
audience; attendance; hearers
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends