out-of-place; inappropriate; sticking out like a sore thumb
loose; lenient; lax; gentle (curve, slope, etc.); slow; weak; soft
bad; wrong; evil; no good; wicked; reprehensible
to fall into someone's hands; to pass into another's possession
just a minute; small quantity
making; forming; cultivating; form; appearance
caustic soda; sodium hydroxide
a little over; a little more than; powerhouse; one of the biggest; upper (seismic intensity)
deleterious substance; toxic substance
key; lock; key (to a problem); clue
to spend time (on doing something)
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to shut out; to bar; to lock out; to exclude
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison
anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case
not the time for; not the place for; far from; anything but; ... is out of the question; ... isn't the word for it
before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
to get into a panic; to be flustered; to panic; to get in a flap
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
how; in what way; how about; questionable
to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering); to stand idly by; to lie in wait; to be ready and waiting
arms and cavalry; troops; war; military affairs
preparation; arrangements
saying something (to someone); greeting; approaching (someone)
just like; (virtually) no different from; (almost) the same as; as good as (e.g. dead, settled)
fall; sinking; surrender; capitulation
paper; note; document; bill
series (of something); range (e.g. of mountains)
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
to throw oneself down; to lie down
ceiling; ceiling price; (price) ceiling
to blow off; to be blown off
to get thin; to taper off
stout; well-fleshed; well-padded; plump
disregarding strategy and using brute force