to be late; to be unpunctual
to learn by experience; to learn one's lesson; to learn the hard way; to be discouraged (by); to have enough (of); to be disgusted (with)
all; altogether; entirely; exactly alike (e.g. in appearance); spitting image of; identical
polite; courteous; careful; close; overly courteous; overly careful
to burst (open); to break; to split
to rise high (of water); to overflow; to swell; to be filled with (emotion, energy, etc.); to be bursting with; to be brimming with
meddling; interfering; choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
to lose sight of; to miss
largest class; top category
to fly through the air; to hurtle through the air; to strike at something and miss; to fan the air
to treat; to handle; to deal with; to arrange; to decorate (with); to adorn (with)
How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?
offering (e.g. to the gods); votive offering
(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat
one tuft (of hair, threads, etc.); one bunch (of grapes, bananas, etc.); one cluster (e.g. of flowers); one segment (of a tangerine, etc.); one section
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
diagonally; obliquely; slantingly; slantwise
to shave off; to scrape off
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to warp; to become strained; to become distorted; to become crooked
blackmail; extortion; racketeering; blackmailer; extortionist
biting; gnawing; in constant pain; irritated
strong pressure; heavy pressure
to tighten; to fasten tight; to constrict; to control strictly; to put pressure on; to squeeze (e.g. an economy)
just because; even if; even though
unreasonable; irrational; outrageous; absurd
area; vicinity; side; edge; circumstances
wobbling; tottering; wavering (e.g. over a decision); dithering; boiling up; dizzily
doing (with resolve); carrying out (e.g. a plan)
willing (even) to do; prepared to do; ready to do; not mind doing
to be blown off; to blow off; to blow away; to vanish; to disappear; to be dispelled
darkish; dusky; dark; murky
upper lip; philtrum; under one's nose; mouth
one's company; company one works for; in-house; belonging to the company
to kick into the air; to kick up; to kick from below