fast-talking; rapid talking
shout of abuse; jeers; boos
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
assistance; backing; support; aiding and abetting (a crime); abetment
duty; function; office; mission; task
failure; mistake; blunder
to protect; to guard; to defend; to keep (i.e. a promise); to abide (by the rules); to observe
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
hateful; detestable; loathsome
rolling over; turning over; turning around (the other way); reversal (of direction, course, etc.); producing a positive from a negative (photography); producing a negative from a positive
being too late; losing one's final chance
to talk; to carry meaning
to make a fist; to clench one's fist
restriction; restraint; binding; constraint
erasure; denial; obliteration; ignoring (an opinion)
to smoke; to breathe in; to suck; to sip; to absorb; to soak up
to amass; to accumulate; to store; to leave unpaid
loss; damage; harm; disadvantage; handicap; drawback
readiness; preparedness; resolution; resignation
dying; death; dead; useless; damned
to jump in; to leap in; to plunge into; to burst in; to barge in
oh!; good heavens!; ugh!; oh no!; ah!; the penny drops!
outline; main points; generally; on the whole; general; rough
indiscriminately; blindly; at random; indiscriminate; random; excessive
thoughtless; reckless; seldom; rare; ordinary; usual
indiscrimination; without discrimination; indiscriminate
innumerable; countless; numberless
rude; outspoken; presumptuous; cheeky
dusk; twilight; twilight years; melancholia; melancholic nostalgia
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to scratch; to perspire; to shovel; to paddle
back off!; leave me alone!
finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)
super-; ultra-; extremely; really; over; more than
snake; serpent; large snake
to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on
insistent; obstinate; persistent; too rich (taste, etc.); fatty; heavy
hard to please; moody; crusty; fastidious
to be needed; to be wanted
practice field; training ground; driving range; practice hall; rehearsal space