day after day; day by day
to be dried out; to be parched
perfunctory; apathetic; makeshift; slapdash; routine; usual
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
secret manoeuvres (maneuvers); operating behind the scenes
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue
to act as one; to act in concert; to keep pace; to stay in step
with intense concentration; eagerly; intently; devouringly
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
height; acme; extremity; end; limit
to mishear; to hear wrongly; to misunderstand
to make a sound with one's throat; to purr (cat)
to desperately cover up; to hide at all costs
to show understanding; to appreciate; to be positive about
hearsay; rumor; rumour; report
ill-bred; impolite; rude; impudent; insolent; blunt
reciting (to oneself); repeating (e.g. an order, to confirm one heard it correctly)
in detail; with great care; completely; fully
resembling closely; being strikingly similar; bearing a strong likeness
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
good bye; I'm off; see you later
swaying; swinging; rocking; shaking; wavering; flickering
invasion; raid; attack; visitation (of a calamity)
taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.); short break; breather
to demarcate; to delimit; to divide (an area); to punctuate; to put an end to (e.g. a sentence); to insert pauses or breaks (e.g. when reading aloud)
to incline; to lean; to devote oneself to; to concentrate on; to ruin; to squander
aimlessly; by chance; accidentally; casually; suddenly; unexpectedly
degenerate; decadent; corrupt
toy; (person or thing treated as a) plaything
to be true to nature; to be lifelike
wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade
to go against; to act contrary to; to run counter to; to deviate from
simple and clear; plain and simple
poor (living); barely continuing; just scraping along; very narrow
downpour; pouring rain; heavy rain; pelting rain; cloudburst