mobile telephone; cellular telephone
bothersome; tiresome; bother to do
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
(doing) various things; (doing) this and that; being apt to; being prone to; at any rate; anyhow
custom; practice; said; aforementioned; instance; example
something-something (e.g. platitudes, waffling); yada yada; so-and-so
tail (animal); tail end; tip
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
big leakage; uncontained leak
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
stakeout; ambush; lookout; watch; paste-up; collage
to be caught in; to be stuck in; to stop by; to drop in for a short visit; to get mixed up in (trouble); to get entangled in (a problem); to fall for (a trick)
reasonably; fairly; hurriedly; in a rush; approximately; about
plural; multiple; several
to be enthusiastic about; to be eager; to be keen
to lie in wait (for); to be on the watch (for); to wait (for); to watch (for)
under-shoulder swing-down; technique of grasping the arm of the opponent, the moment he comes forward, while stepping out of line and pushing down on the shoulder blade with the other hand, thus pulling him down; dodging; parrying (questions); disappointment; letdown
shape; form; appearance; state; situation; suitable
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
to be suspicious (of something or somebody)
management; dealing with; course of events; circumstances; end result (usu. bad); outcome
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
to sense; to suspect; to get an inkling (of something); to get wind of; to smell (e.g. danger); to become aware of (e.g. a plot)
fourth day of the month; four days
other than; except for; aside from; apart from; save for
fifth day of the month; five days
to be discouraged; to shrink from
ambush; lying in wait for an ambush
to be suspicious of; to be doubtful of; to be dubious of
to stray from the right path; to go wrong; to go off the rails; to turn delinquent
to be helpful; to be useful
handheld game console; portable game console
to telephone; to make a phone call
again; once more; a second time
sixteenth day of the month; sixteen days
racketeer; thug; rogue; bully; fixer
later on; eventually; afterwards
contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)