insipid; flat; dull; lifeless; listless
no!; no no!; no, not at all
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
locking on (to a target, esp. by radar)
grinding of the teeth; involuntary nocturnal tooth grinding; bruxism; grinding one's teeth out of anger or vexation; gnashing one's teeth; gritting one's teeth
border; boundary; turning point; watershed; area; region
travelling on foot; traveling on foot; travelling all over
to drag along; to pull; to force someone along; to prolong; to drag out; to influence strongly
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
to read and understand; to subject to close analysis; to read deeply; to decipher; to decode
that's the way it is; such is life
super technology; technology beyond our current capabilities, mainly in science fiction
to unite; to join; to do together; to confuse with
buzz; hum; shake (with vigor); shaking
throughput; processing power
taste; elegance; appearance; air; the likes of ...; lowly people such as ...
it cannot be that...; it is highly unlikely that...; it is impossible that...
sour look; surly face; pout
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
passage (of people, traffic); passing; common usage
hardly any; almost nonexistent; very little
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
gorge; ravine; canyon; glen
defile; narrow path; bottleneck; impasse
to forget to say; to forget to mention
complication; intricacy; involution; to become complicated; to get entangled
information; news; report; reward; retribution
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
to speak; to hear a voice
to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort
to slash back; to strike back; to counterattack; to cut the wheel; to perform a twisting backward knee trip
port (left side of vessel)
fault; dislocation; gap; discrepancy
even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation
boundary; border; limit; bounds; frontier