bias; eccentricity; obstinacy
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)
collision; crash; running into; conflict; quarrel; clashing
to jar; to creak; to grate
slowly; quietly; steadily; soon; momentarily; before long
destructive power; destructive energy; destructive force
to bear; to stand; to support; to withstand; to be fit for; to be equal to
to have a hole; to be pierced (with a hole)
I wonder; do you think?; I might; some kind; some stage; somehow
other people's affairs; somebody else's problem
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
waterproofing; making watertight
to bedaub (with paint); to besmear; to paint heavily; to spread thickly
regarding; in; to; towards; with regards to
inundation; submersion; flood
matter of time; question of time
immediate; prompt; quick; rapid; urgent; pressing
taking a philosophic view; looking at the long term; farsightedness
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
to split; to tear; to burst; to be separated; to be divided
to flow into; to pour into; to stream into
to make a sound; to give off a sound; to hear a sound
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to shut one's eyes; to ignore; to pretend not to know; to die
to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law
private; non-governmental; non-official; folk; popular
flagrante delicto; caught red-handed
establishing proof; demonstration; substantiation
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
prohibition of use (of); ban on using (something)
in name but not in reality
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand
circumstances; conditions; situation; reasons; state of affairs
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
to close (one's eyes); to shut
shielding; sheltering; screening; shading; masking
form; shape; state; condition; letter; correspondence
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell