to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
absurd; nonsensical; preposterous
now (when it is already much too late); at this stage; afresh; anew; again
very; extremely; exceedingly; top; highest; best
change; alteration; difference; distinction; something wrong; abnormality
to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled
way out; means to escape; escape route
groping (for); fumbling around (for); searching (for an answer, solution, etc.); trying to find
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
to break a promise; to go back on one's word; to renege
this way (of doing); this method; this sort (of thing); this type
first-class; top grade; characteristic; peculiar; school (e.g. of a performance art); one flag
to handle; to manage; to deal with; to rear; to look after
hard to say; inexpressible; hesitant to say; embarrassing; delicate
to shed tears; to (begin to) cry
despite; in spite of; not worrying about; without fear of
(metaphor for) something unusually fast; (lit.) fleeing hare
(move) slowly (e.g. walk); sluggishly; stolidly; ploddingly; heavily
knee; lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)
contact; connectedness; rapport; mutual touching
to lean against; to recline on; to lean on; to rely on; to depend on
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
assistance; help; aid; support; reinforcement
verbal promise; one's word
does not seem; unlikely; improbable
to make an enemy (of); to antagonize
absurd; ridiculous; silly; ludicrous; nonsensical; asinine
serious look (on one's face); straight face
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to take up space; to occupy space
serious; not joking; straight
(not) at all; (not) in the slightest; wholly; entirely; extremely; very