halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
mouth; opening; hole; mouth (of a bottle); spout; gate; door
to crumble down; to tumble down; to fall in
cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
muzzling (a person); preventing (a person) from revealing something; silencing (a person); murdering (a person) to prevent them from revealing something
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
art; technique; means; way; trick; trap
to thrust away; to send flying
to lose (something); to mislay; to get rid of; to eliminate; to remove
pluralizing suffix; or so; rough indicator of direction, location, amount, etc.; nominalizing suffix
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to climb; to clamber (over, up); to scramble (up); to scale; to claw one's way up
racing noisily (in a car, motorcycle, etc.); roaring (e.g. down the street)
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to be able to manage somehow or another
influential; prominent; strong; likely; plausible
(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake
arm; skill; efforts; ability
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
cancellation; rescinding; release; calling off; lifting (sanctions); delisting
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
eyes; expression of the eyes; area around the eyes; skin round one's eyes
to be transparent; to show through
son (of others); boy; young master; green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world
I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; thank you very much (for help, etc.)
hypothesis; supposition; assumption
in range; within the limits (of...); within (a) range
seeming; giving the appearance of; giving one the feeling of
better; preferable; more; increase; (arch.) increase; (arch.) growth
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint