obvious; clear; plain; evident; apparent; explicit
encouragement; inspiration; rousing; stirring up; raising (e.g. morale)
alert status; emergency alert
business; affairs; duties; work; procedure; task
change; modification; alteration; revision; amendment
while being out of the office or away from home
to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with
time; (the) hour; favourable time; opportunity; chance
to shorten; to cut short; to trim; to cut down on; to reduce; to scrimp on
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
chilly; unpleasantly cold
average; medium; mid-grade (item); regular grade; same level as; equal to
cold and heat; (degree of) temperature
cold (e.g. weather); uninteresting (esp. joke); lame; dull
almost; roughly; approximately
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
moderate (degree); proper (amount); temperate; suitable
withering; shrivelling; shrinking; atrophy; contraction
to cross one's mind; to occur to one; to flash into one's head
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to close (at a certain point); to cut short; to round up (number); to revalue (currency)
to come near; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be about to; to overhang; to hang over
shout (of encouragement, etc.); yell (used to time or encourage activity, e.g. "Heave ho!")
completion; conclusion; perfect (tense, form, aspect)
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
shadow figure; silhouette
to put on (of clothing); (lit.) to put (arms) through sleeves
to lend; to loan; to rent out; to hire out
trend of the times; way things are going
environment; circumstance
doubt; question; uncertainty; skepticism; scepticism; suspicion
to carry on one's back; to be burdened with; to take responsibility for; to have (something) in the background; to be in front (of something); to be conceited
(a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke); one stroke; one brush
mutation; change; transition
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply