sickroom; hospital room; ward
to consider carefully; to deliberate thoroughly; to think over
extremely disappointing; extremely frustrating; mortifying; vexing
equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck
clause; paragraph; argument; term (of an equation); (arch.) nape (of the neck)
personnel affairs; human affairs; human resources; HR
to perform some process; to apply some treatment; to revise; to correct
private; confidential; informal; secret; (within the) family circle; (on the) inside
lower branch (of an organization); subordinate organization; substructure
the reason is ...; it is because ...
to attack a routed enemy; to sink the boot into; to pour salt on a wound
to half-rise to one's feet
tall figure; high stature
grave; solemn; stern; authoritative; hard (e.g. fact)
house; one's house; one's home; one's family
close call; narrow escape
to be inferior to; to be less good at; to fall behind
to act as an intermediary; to step in; to come between; to intervene; to interject
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
papa; dad; daddy; sugar daddy
over-fond parent; doting parent
sad; wretched; deplorable
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; (lit.) fleeing is winning
quick pace; quick steps; quick march; trot (horse gait)
difficult to be (in a place); not feeling like staying
hill; height; knoll; bonus points awarded to the winner at the end of a game
keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use
sudden; abrupt; impromptu skit; bandwagon fan; fair-weather fan
to resound; to make a stir
the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street"); street; district; location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
to call out to; to hail; to address; to appeal
traffic light; signalling mechanism; semaphore (apparatus)
driver (of a vehicle); screwdriver; driver (golf); driver; device driver
to clatter; to flap (noisily); to rattle; to walk around being unable to settle down
to a great extent; impressive; staggering; horrible; complete; whole
with spirit; courageously; resolutely
one act (play, etc.); scene; event
smiling while looking at; enjoying reading