number-withheld phone calls
(very) back (last) row; rearmost row
ill-preparedness; insufficient preparation; lack of preparation
you can never be too careful
to get up (from sitting); to stand up; to (finally) start to do something; to get off one's backside; to take action
trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
(practical) experience; personal experience; hands-on experience; first-hand experience
among (other things); especially; particularly; at the same time; simultaneously; at once
pleat; pleats; plait; plaits
nonsense; irresponsible remark; codswallop; random; haphazard; unsystematic
magic; witchcraft; sorcery; spell
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head
to take off; to jump; to take the plunge; to decide; to step out of the ring
fallen leaves; leaf litter; falling leaves
to cling to; to stick to; to lie flat (e.g. on the ground)
difficult to ...; hard to ...
to be choked up; to be crushed (emotionally); to be overcome (with emotion); to be shocked; to be horrified
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
successfully; fairly; artfully; nicely; thoroughly
to understand (each other); to comprehend
fragile; brittle; delicate; sensitive
provocative; incendiary; inflammatory; suggestive; lascivious; risqué
by all means; no matter what; at any rate
massacre; annihilation; wholesale slaughter
to do for (someone); to take in; to deceive; to hoodwink
whole; all; general; gross; entire; overall
base; mean; vulgar; despicable; low
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush
to blow off; to be blown off
tunnel; to tunnel (through a potential barrier); letting a grounder go through one's legs
house; dwelling; human habitation
source of electricity; electrical power; power (button on TV, etc.)
foot (of a mountain or hill); bottom; base
idea; plan; draft; rough copy; expectation; (arch.) desk