where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes
he; she; that person; that; that one; that thing
to be careless; to be inattentive; long and disheveled (e.g. hair) (dishevelled); (arch.) flaring up (fire); (arch.) rising (e.g. steam)
to erase; to delete; to turn off (power); to switch off; to extinguish; to put out
just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment
check; keeping in check; containment (of enemy forces); diversionary action; pickoff throw; holding a runner on base
blunder; fault; error; mistake; failure; disgrace
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
subtle; delicate; difficult; complex; doubtful; questionable
to part (usu. of people); to part from; to separate (of a couple); to break up; to lose (e.g. one's mother); to be bereaved
two days later; day after next; next day but one
already; now; no longer; not any more
to give (esp. to someone of lower status); to bestow; to provide; to afford; to assign; to cause
one thin flat object; one sheet
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
starting point; point of departure
to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve
at the present time; as of now; at this time
outbreak; spring forth; generation (e.g. of power or heat); genesis; ontogeny; development of complex multicellular structures from cell(s) in a simple state
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
around the clock; day and night
to follow around; to shadow; to tag along; to haunt one (e.g. feeling, failure); to follow one
to try; to attempt; to have a go (at something)
if I'm forced to say something; if anything; if I must say; if I must choose
to shun; to avoid; to ostracize; to neglect; to distance oneself from; to give the hard shoulder
(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when
character (of a person); personality; disposition; characteristics; nature (of a thing, event, etc.)
to attract; to draw near; to charm; to attract; to have a convulsion
public and private; official and personal; government and people
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
absorbed in; immersed in; forgetting oneself; daze; within a dream; while dreaming
third (base, baseman, gear)
was it?; I think it was ...; if I've got it right; (I, we) used to ...; I remember ...; it was ...
sticking; clinging; with a smack (e.g. sitting down); hard; all over; thickly
to stick (to); to cling (to); to stay (e.g. in the office)
to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time
to be caught; to be arrested; to hold on to; to grasp; to find (e.g. proof); to get (e.g. a taxi)
hum; hmm; hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed); uh-huh; mm; hmm
vivid (memory, description, etc.); fresh; graphic; fresh (blood, scar, etc.); still new; recent
to feel sick; to be nauseated
to take a long hard look at; to look (someone) full in the face