dissenting opinion; opposite viewpoint; contraview
to withdraw; to abandon (e.g. a lawsuit)
by all means; at any cost; whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; on no account; by no means
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
understanding person; supporter
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
dumbfounded; in mute amazement
to leave the nest; to go out into the world; to become independent (of one's parents); to graduate (and become a member of society)
to start a journey; to embark on a trip; to set forth; to hit the trail
to breathe in and breathe out
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
sprinkling (of rain, salt, etc.); pattering; flipping (through a book, etc.); riffling; sparse; scattered
to go pale; to grow pale; to lose color; to turn white
withdrawal; retraction; revocation; repeal
record; minutes; record (e.g. in sports); results; to record; to document
counter for occurrences; a time; an instance; inning (baseball); round; episode; chapter
luggage; baggage; burden; payload (of a packet, cell, etc.)
grant; allowance; endowment; bestowal; assignment; conferment
I don't know ...; how about ...?; I wonder; what about ..?
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
always hitting the bull's-eye; infallible
restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
cart-horse; work-horse; doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention
ex post facto report; report after the event
while surprised; suddenly
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
prohibition; inhibition; ban
physical education; PE; gym (class)
to knock down; to beat (someone) up; to injure (someone) so badly they cannot recover (esp. emotionally); to overwhelm (with mental anguish, etc.)
foresight; foreknowledge; intimation; premonition; prediction
forbidding to speak; muzzling (a person); bribing into secrecy; hush money
discharge; outward flow; efflux; leak of (private) information or pictures
to fall (of rain, snow, ash, etc.); to come down; to form (of frost); to beam down (of sunlight or moonlight); to pour in; to visit (of luck, misfortune, etc.)
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
made-to-order; custom-made
bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
to pierce; to stab; to sting; to bite; to sew; to stitch; to pole (a boat)