to stagger; to stumble; to totter; to misconduct oneself; to have a love affair; to waver
deficit; shortage; loss; being partially broken; being partially missing; being partially removed
to perceive; to understand
mouse; rat; dark gray; dark grey; slate (color, colour)
work; book; (a book) by; obvious; striking
to have a long life; to live a long time
demonstration; verification; substantiation; actual proof
halting (speech); faltering; stammering
to pin the enemy down; to glare another down (and render impotent)
affair; state; verdict; sentence; directions; orders
what kind of; whatever sort of; no matter what; however much
snowy mountain; permanently snow-covered mountain; pile of snow; Himalayas
I wish I had ...; I should have ...; it would have been better if I had ...
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
vibration; flickering; jolting; tremor
to let spoil; to leave to rot; to cause to rot; to discourage; to dishearten
ringleader; main culprit; main cause; source
to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that
accidental death; casualty
to be worm-eaten; to be eaten by worms; to affect adversely; to spoil; to ruin
remainder of one's life; one's remaining days; time left (to live)
blink (of eyes); wink; twinkling (of stars); flicker (of light); blink (of light)
beyond; across; the other side; the distance
this way; here; the person in question; he; since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future)
making doubly sure; insurance run (baseball); points scored for good measure
on the way; en route; in the process of (development, construction, etc.); in the middle of
to draw a conclusion; to conclude; to settle on
in consideration of; in deference to; out of respect for; for (someone's) sake
to dismiss (from a position); to exempt; to excuse from; to forgive
when it comes to the cause; when you get right down to it; as for what started it; as for the reason; originally
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
makeshift; temporary expedient; stopgap measure
undertaking; underwriting; acceptance
to throw into; to dump in together
to shove in; to push in; to force in
to put into order; to arrange (one's thoughts)
to lay aside; to set aside
to dig down; to dig into (a matter); to delve into; to probe into
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
common use; communal use; sharing