occupation; profession; job; vocation; trade; calling
to concentrate; to devote; to apply; to strain; to rack
to come untied; to come apart; to be softened; to be relaxed
(electric) torch; flashlight
bizarre; strange; eccentric; odd; queer
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
space (room, area, outer space)
halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection; the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)
temporary enclosure; temporary fencing
adding (equipment, facilities, etc.); establishing more; installing more; increase; extension; expansion
cutting machine; cutter; (paper) guillotine
to pile up; to stack; to load (car, ship, etc.); to pack; to acquire; to accumulate
structural alteration (of a building); reconstruction; rebuilding; remodelling; remodeling
not ... for nothing; not ... with nothing to show for it; worthwhile; no wonder ...
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
admiration; being impressed; admirable; praiseworthy; astonishment; being appalled
all over; everywhere; in every nook and cranny
to track down; to locate; to find out; to smoke out; to ferret out; to chase up
rather; sooner; preferably
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
to classify; to sort out; to sift through
using anything one can lay one's hands on; haphazardly; on the rebound; at random; indiscriminately
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
period; epoch; the times; those days; oldness; ancientness
year; age; years; past one's prime; old age
age-appropriate (esp. of clothing, hairstyles)
look (in someone's eyes); expression (of the eyes); eyes
to be hot on a person's heels
together (of two people); both (of you, them, etc.)
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
(cannot) possibly; (not) by any means; (not) at all; utterly; absolutely
trouble; bother; trouble; difficulty; care; attention
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
in that way; like that; that way
insult; affront; slight; contempt (e.g. of court)