enterprise; business; company; corporation
plans; arrangement; schedule; program; programme; expectation
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
woman; female; feminine gender
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
how many people; a number of people
with difficulty; faltering; tottering; awkward
in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely
calm; serenity; tranquillity; tranquility
to stare fixedly at; to fix one's gaze on; to make sure of; to set one's eyes on (e.g. the future); to focus on
increasingly; more and more; decreasingly (when declining); less and less
given the situation; now that it has come to this; if it comes to this
unable to move; dead in the water; completely helpless
safe; in (of a ball, in tennis, etc.); all right; OK
minimum; minuscule; local minimum
to hit; to run into; to light on; to strike into; to come against; to deadlock
seriously; no kidding; joking aside; in all seriousness
assembling a criminal case
to force someone to clamp with their teeth; to force into someone's mouth (e.g. a gag); to wedge into a space; to inflict (a blow); to deal (a hit); to pull (a joke)
My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely
unsightly; ugly; unseemly; indecent; deplorable; disgraceful
to apologize; to apologise
to keep secret; to conceal
like this; in this way; as you see
to express (orally); to put into words; to say out loud
first meeting; first interview with
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
to blurt out; to let slip; to say inadvertently; to come out with (e.g. nonsense)
playing to the gallery; grandstanding; ad hoc; haphazard; dress rehearsal
to go through; to suffer; to experience (something unpleasant)
all one has; all one's possessions
top (of a mountain); summit; peak; height; orgasm; climax
strange; unfamiliar; unknown; unfamiliarity; strangeness; stranger
degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about
to draw (a thread); to let out (e.g. a rope); to head out as a group; to set out in large numbers; to send out one after another; to dispatch
one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although