calling on someone who is ill; enquiry; inquiry
impudence; audacity; shamelessness; effrontery
splendid; praiseworthy; admirable; well done!; bravo!
can do nothing but (do); cannot help (doing) something
clanging; banging; throbbing (headache); pounding; fully; vigorously
selling on the market (in the marketplace, in stores, etc.); making something commercially available; commercial (e.g. software); over-the-counter; off-the-shelf
to boil down; to concentrate (soup, milk, stock, etc.); to reach a conclusion; to conclude a discussion
to frown (on); to be grim-faced; to look sullen
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
shuddering; shivering; trembling; being horrified; being disgusted
union; unity; bundling; binding; (arch.) putting on (clothes, armour, etc.)
information leak; data breach
cannot be helped; unavoidable; pointless; useless; hopeless (person); annoying
feeling of dread; awful feeling; sense of fear
by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; absolutely (not); (not) at all
sex life; sexual activities
to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard
to bend; to flutter; to wave; to yield to; to be swayed by; to bow to
classified information; top secret
one turn; spinning around; complete change; reversal; (an) about-face
present (brought by a visitor); gift
term; period; time frame; time limit; deadline; cutoff (date)
(a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead
with the skin on; skin and all (fruit, potato, etc.)
different opinion; objection
to turn completely into; to become completely
laconic; of few words; reticent; quiet
birth; giving birth; creating; bringing into the world
mission; errand; task; duty; obligation
injustice; impropriety; unreasonableness; undeserved; unfair; invalid
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
suppuration; festering; coming to head
to mistake (A for B); to misread
collecting; accumulating; collection (of art, stamps, insects, etc.); garbage collection; waste collection
application; entry; request; subscription; offer; proposal
to go through the proper procedures; to follow the required steps
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself
peremptorily; willy-nilly; forcibly
bribe; money under the table