several times; a few times
to release a shutter (camera); to click a shutter
running as fast as one can
(arch.) countenance; (arch.) visage; face; honor (honour); dignity
congestion (e.g. traffic); delay; stagnation
crisply; with a crunch; refreshingly; sharply; (sitting) straight
to view in a favourable light; to look favourably on
certainly; surely; undoubtedly; just; precisely; exactly
cross-examination; close questioning; demanding an explanation
to chide; to rebuke; to reprove
to condemn; to blame; to urge; to press; to torture; to torment
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
honest to a fault; foolishly honest; naively honest
to spout out; to spurt out; to sprout; to bud; to burst into laughter; to blow (smoke, etc.)
evaluation meeting; postmortem session; review meeting
present point (i.e. in history); at the present time
to explain clearly; to give detailed instructions
sports-minded; sports-oriented
suddenly; all of a sudden
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
pinioning; binding arms behind the back
unshapely; unsightly; clumsy; unpresentable; uncouth; awkward
exclamation of surprised disappointment, disgust, or worry (yuck, ick, ack, eeew, crap!, blech, gross)
lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification
personage; person (deserving of respect)
just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); only just OK; barely acceptable
(dragging a large or heavy item) slowly; (falling) little by little; (slipping) gradually; on and on; while putting off; with a slurp
to step forward; to volunteer
persuasiveness; powers of persuasion; cogency
time appointed for meeting (assembling); time one is supposed to meet
fragment; one of the group or party
to curl oneself up; to squeeze oneself in; to be huddled