strategy; stratagem; trick; scheme; plot
honest; frank; candid; honestly; frankly
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
to be peevish; to sulk; to pout
the way there; outbound leg; bound for ...; outbound ticket
last; final; closing; last train (bus, flight, etc.; of the day)
profound; deep; unfathomable
one end; an end; part; fragment
stating (one's views); expressing
to pull apart; to separate; to have a lead over; to pull ahead of; to outdistance
decoration; ornament; trimmings
artificial; man-made; human work; human skill; artificiality
limousine (stretched car); shuttle bus (usu. to airport)
jumping sideways; flying sideways; running hurriedly (with one's body bent forward)
killing by running over with a car or train
to dig up; to turn up; to tear up; to rake up (e.g. old scandal); to dig over
one revolution; one rotation
to put on the brakes; to put a stop to
adjacency; contiguity; being adjoined
to cross; to go across; to go through; to cut across
decorative lights; illumination
bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters; crammed (e.g. with people); overflowing
cutting in two with a single stroke; taking decisive action; dealing with decisively; cutting the (Gordian) knot
to slacken; to loosen; to relax; to slack off (e.g. one's work, attention); to not put one's heart in
electric line; electric cable; power cable; telephone line; telegraph wire
before very long; soon; someday; of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
sudden brake; coming to a sudden stop
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
rolling stock; railroad cars; wheeled vehicles
meandering; snaking; zigzagging
fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to pull up; to drag up; to increase; to raise (e.g. taxes); to withdraw; to leave; to promote (someone to a higher position)
fit; spasm; attack; seizure
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen