last spurt; final spurt; home stretch
breaking through; breakthrough; surmounting; overcoming; exceeding; passing
guest; visitor; customer; client; shopper
civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
to get (a joke or explanation); to strike home; to click; to know intuitively
company employee; member of a corporation; company stockholder (esp. in legal contexts)
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
going to work (e.g. in the morning); coming to work
to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath
to run into; to rush into; to (run and) seek refuge in; to take shelter in
light; well-lit; bright (of a colour); brightly-coloured; cheerful; bright; encouraging (for the future of a project, etc.)
whispering; subdued; murmuring; dry and tasteless
to catch (someone's words); to make out; to follow; to ask about (a situation, circumstances, etc.); to inquire
jumper skirt; pinafore dress
three-quarter length (usu. clothing)
bed hair; hair disarranged during sleep; habit of moving around in one's sleep; sleeping habit
lively; energetic; vigorously (jumping, flopping, etc.); piercing (e.g. sound); penetrating
to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)
largish; biggish; a little bit larger
to put on clothes; to wear clothes; to be the personification of
slim; slender; slight; delicate
in spite of; nevertheless; although; despite; no matter the; regardless of
unfashionable; uncouth; unrefined; unpolished; unsophisticated
tightly (hold, squeeze, etc.); firmly; forcefully (e.g. push); hard
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
to be disconnected; to get out of place; to miss the mark; to get it wrong (e.g. guess, expectation); to be removed; to be excluded
to yield; to give way to; to make way for
mixture; blending; complication; crossing; intersecting; interlacing
standoffishly; primly; pungently (of a smell); acridly; long and pointed (e.g. of a nose); popping (of ears)
to disappear; to vanish into thin air