grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
counting backwards; calculating backwards; inverse operation; reverse operation
idea; notion; sense (e.g. of duty); resignation; preparedness; observation and contemplation
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
riding together; riding with
dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull
moving slowly (and dull-wittedly)
seeing one off; farewell; escort
throughput; processing power
least; lowest; worst; awful; horrible; at the very least
possession; retention; maintenance
being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; (lit.) throwing up (one's) hands
absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)
limits; boundary; domain; area (e.g. in programming languages)
having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit
traveling expenses; travelling expenses; carfare
to boast; to brag; to recite (a song or poem to oneself); to bark; to roar
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
bitter (e.g. criticism); sharp; biting; severe; scathing; harsh
you must be kidding; hey, come on!; surely not!
with a slap; with a pop; without batting an eyelid; generously; cutesy suffix applied to names
sounding; probing; probe; stylet; spy
to misfire; to come to naught; to end in failure; to fizzle out; to fall flat
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
specialist; expert; professional; authority; pundit
(together) with; -wide; including
(out of) desperation; (as a) last resort; (driven by) pain
I'm sorry; my apologies; may I come in?; permission; leave; dismissal
byway; bypath; byroad; loophole; excuse
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
lawfulness; propriety; reasonableness; appropriateness; legality; legitimacy
wisdom of age; sagacity of one's years; old-man's wisdom
negotiations; discussions; connection
upper part; upper stream; upper course of a river; right side of the stage (audience's or camera's POV); stage left (actor's POV); skillful (in comparisons)
apathetic; lackadaisical; spiritless; physically weak; feeble; effeminate
great cause; moral law; justice
face; official stance; public position or attitude (as opposed to private thoughts); ceremony for the erection of the framework of a house