to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect
tedious; boring; being fed up with
debt; loan; liabilities; borrowing money
gradually; slowly but steadily
to experience chest pain; to have a pain in one's chest; to feel sick at heart; to have one's heart ache; to be anguished
to act timid (about doing); to show diffidence; to feel ashamed; to feel guilty
to interrupt (a story, etc.); to bend at the waist
entreaty; supplication; petition
to curse (at someone); to call someone names; to speak bitterly
course (of events); development; progress; market order; order without limit
to watch over; to watch attentively
eternity; perpetuity; permanence; immortality
lighting up; illumination; floodlighting
striding; swaggering; strutting; lording it over others; acting as though one owns the place; throwing one's weight around
duck; easy mark; sucker; sitting duck
axis; shaft; center; centre; stalk; stem
cannot be undone; can't be recovered from
to be injured; to sustain a wound
one's own judgement (judgment); decision made without consulting others; arbitrary decision; dogmatism
to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way; to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct
support; backing; patronage
valuable; worthwhile; worthy; worth doing
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
chief; main; principal; important
disaster response; measures to deal with natural disasters; disaster control; disaster recovery
to be beyond one's capacities; to be beyond one's powers; to be beyond one's control; to be unmanageable
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
dissatisfied-looking; looking discontented
to be responsible for; to bear the responsibility of
to come out (e.g. hair); to fall out; to collapse (e.g. building, floor); to be left out; to be omitted
to be a point of honor; to affect someone's good name
pair; the two; both persons; both things
to well up (of tears, anger, joy, etc.); to surge up (within oneself); to rise; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
morale (of troops, team, etc.); esprit de corps
fault; error; going poorly; being disadvantageous; un-; non-
the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate
closing hours (of a store, restaurant, etc.)