hostility; animosity; enmity
unable to leave the work at hand; right in the middle of something; tied up; busy
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house; separation from; loss of interest in; independence of
immediately; at once; soon; before long; easily; readily
main building (of a manor); central room (of a house)
plate (often as in "tectonic plate")
sliver of hope; gleam of hope; ray of hope
order; command; decree; (software) instruction; statement
real intention; true motive; true will; original intention; original purpose; original hope
when push comes to shove; when needed; when necessity arises; when the moment arrives
to separate (by distance, time, etc.); to isolate; to interpose; to have between; to alienate; to estrange
with stealthy steps; with noiseless footsteps; on tiptoe; stealthily
to bump heads; to bump into each other; to collide head-on; to meet by chance; to encounter; to run into
inclination; slant; slope; bevel; list; dip
to fly about; to skip about; to bustle about
to cry and shout; to scream
to carry out (of somewhere); to transport; to take out
to gather; to crowd round; to sponge (off someone); to scrounge; to extort; to take (money) through intimidation
balloon (esp. small, toy variety); airship; blimp
right under; directly below
to cause a loss; to make a hole (in)
drawing or writing in pencil
countertop; tabletop; baking tray; baking sheet
part; portion; amount; worth (as in "two days' worth"); one's means; one's place; one's duty
to gulp down; to swallow deeply; to understand; to take in; to engulf; to swallow up
astonished; shocked; amazed; astounded; aghast
to tan (i.e. suntan); to burn
preparation; arrangements
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
undertaker's office; funeral home; funeral parlor