emergency; accident; rare possibility; unexpected occurrence
assertion; declaration; affirmation
large tree; big tree; huge tree
particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.); emphatic particle; particle adding uncertainty
some time ago; recently; lately; last (Sunday, etc.); previous
police officer; policeman; constable
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to be confused from not knowing what to do
going around; patrol; round; tour
business; thing to be done; something that should be performed; information that should be conveyed
incineration; destroy by fire
synopsis; precis; summary; gist; outline
to reason; to sum up; to conclude
copy; duplicate; facsimile; transcript
to poke fun at; to make fun of; to send up
right on the heels of yesterday, then today ...; soon after something, and yet now ...
manipulation of information; spin
transmitter; homing device
shift; move; (work) shift; work schedule; gearshift; changing gears
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
to fuss over; to be particular about; to be obsessive about; to be fixated on; to obstruct; to hinder
dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional
to kick (at someone, something)
to keep (something) a secret; to keep hidden (for ever); to continue to conceal
unpleasant; disgusting; loathsome; shameful; scandalous
to be of no concern to one; to be nothing to do with one
to be deaf; to not be able to hear
to hang (something) on the wall
(aircraft) hangar; (coat) hanger; hunger
gathering; meeting; assembly; collection; attendance
to lose hope; to be plunged into darkness
to be reminded of; to call to mind
fetus; foetus; embryo; unborn child
to scatter around; to leave untidy; to make a mess
writing paper; stationery; notepaper
doubt; question; suspicion; dubiousness
to produce; to yield; to cause; to result from; to arise; to be generated
to finish; to get it over with; to settle; to pay back; to get along (without something); to make do with (without)
to visit; to call on; to pay a visit to
to make sure of; to ascertain; to confirm; to grasp