to stop walking; to pause
laboratory; seminar room; professor's office
intricate workmanship; delicate handiwork; cheap trick; petty trick; obvious stratagem
to hear; to catch (the sound of something); to hear about (rumour, etc.); to overhear; to get used to hearing
work; workmanship; craftsmanship; artifice; trick; device
impossible; unlikely; improbable
to devise; to arrange; to plan; to plot
spontaneous discharge; accidental gun discharge
false accusation; pretext; picking a quarrel; committing oneself
testimony; (verbal) evidence
incitement; sedition; agitation; abetting
basis; foundation; grounds; authority
startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
chaos; turmoil; pandemonium; havoc
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
trade; business; trading; turnover; sales; takings
entrusting (something to a person); consignment (of goods); putting in someone's charge; trust; commission
failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards
out of necessity; with no other option; perforce; unavoidably; reluctantly; unwillingly
strife; riot; (media) uproar; brouhaha; feud; tussle
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to sing; to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); to compose a poem; to recite a poem
to expose to danger; to imperil; to jeopardize
not a chance; you wish!; that's not going to happen; that won't work
fear; dread; dismay; terror; horror; scare
how; in what way; by what means
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
entreaty; appeal; petition
by sheer strength; by brute force
several people; a few people
to hold in one's arms; to carry in one's arms; to have (problems, debts, etc.); to take on (a responsibility); to employ; to have (on one's staff)
base of the throat; bottom of the neck
to wake; to wake up; to become sober; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to be disillusioned
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
yearning; longing for; deep affection
love; attachment; tender emotions; falling in love
to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way
to slip through; to make one's way through quickly