sensible; clever; smart; decent; tasteful
double; twice (as much); twofold
to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use
powerlessness; helplessness; incompetent
information; news; intelligence; information; data contained in characters, signals, code, etc.
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to crush (with one's hands); to kill a proposal; to shelve; to table (remove from consideration)
to wound; to injure; to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.); to damage; to chip
otherwise; or else; if not
alright; all right; right on; looking good; OK; okay
suddenly; all of a sudden; quickly; emphatically; energetically
(mumbling) incomprehensibly; while mumbling; mutteringly; murmuringly
to step over; to step across; to stride over; to stretch over; to span; to bridge
to arrive at (after a struggle); to finally reach; to find one's way to; to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
amount of sugar; sugar content
or something; for instance ... (though there are other suitable options); ... or ...; as soon as; right after; while still
carbonic acid; carbonated water; baking soda; sodium carbonate
to have (urgent) business; to have something one needs to attend to; to have something one wants to say (to someone)
sleeping like a log; (being) fast asleep (bombed, crashed)
to get tired; to tire; to become worn out (of a well-used object); (arch.) to starve
how (beautiful, etc.); what a ...; nothing worth mentioning; nothing special; of what name
with a clink (of metal); with a chink
(not) well; (not) properly; (not) enough; (not) sufficiently; (not) satisfactorily; (not) decently
line-up (baseball, product, etc.); lineup
to be noticeable; to notice; to catch one's eye
flurried; flustered; upset; nervous; embarrassed
pull tab; pull-tab; ring pull
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)
to doubt; to think (something is) doubtful; to wonder; to be suspicious
reaction; response; reaction
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
what with this and that; for a number of reasons