to give birth to; to drop (a calf, foal, etc.); to lay (an egg)
thoughtless; rash; hasty; imprudent
going public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge; recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court
showing no signs of; there being no hint of; (arch.) unthinkable
to receive permission; to leave (with someone's permission); to retire; to refuse; to beg off doing
to continue to work; to work away (at)
(relative) merits; superiority or inferiority; quality
lightheadedness; disorientation; wobbliness; staggering
punctuation; pause; juncture; end; (place to) stop
to be degraded; to come down in the world; to lose status; to be ruined; to fall low
one way or the other; either way
(feeling of) indebtedness; feeling obliged
prejudice; bias; distorted view
subjectivity; subject (philosophical); ego; one's personal opinion; one's own idea
to spend all of one's time in idle amusement
report (of news); reporting; news; information; (media) coverage
murder; homicide; manslaughter
sending documents to a prosecutor; filing charges
bed; berth; crib; cot; kip; bedroom
ordinary; common; free of charge; unaffected; as is; only
the present; present time; as of; present tense; this world; this life
blockade; lockdown; sealing off (an area); freezing (funds)
occasional; infrequent; rare
city centre (center) (esp. capital city); urban centre; heart of city a metropolis
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
exposed; scanty; bare; public; open
to blow upon; to breathe on; to pick (a fight); to force (unreasonable terms); to exaggerate; to overcharge
indomitably; undauntedly; resolutely; determinedly
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
good feeling; good will; favourable impression; favorable impression
coffee (hot, as opposed to iced)
interest; eagerness; enthusiasm
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh