civilian clothes; plain clothes; mufti; plainclothes police officer
right hand; right-hand side; right-hand direction; (on) the right
yearning; longing; aspiration; adoration; admiration
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
grumbling; muttering; nonsense
acting rashly; running wildly; runaway (process); reckless baserunning
pretext; history; past; according to ...; ... says
firm; strong; solid; stable
enclosing wall; boundary fence; obstacle; barrier
(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount
strong interaction; strong force
taking back what one just said; eating one's words; negating one's previous comment, opinion, etc.
weak; frail; delicate; tender; unskilled; weak (wine)
just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; strolling; rambling; idly; lazily
to shake; to jolt; to rock (cradle); to blackmail; to extort; to shake down
slim; slender; slight; delicate
cool; chilly; feeling nice and cold
sparse; thin; scattered; straggling; sporadic
antenna; thing or method used to collect information or opinions
radio wave; reception; signal; saying strange things
accurate; correct; precise; exact
to draw (conclusion); to deduce; to derive
to cross over (e.g. mountain); to go across; to get over (e.g. hardship); to pass time (e.g. a winter); to surpass; to be better than; to move house
to investigate thoroughly; to examine closely; to probe into; to be obsessed with a thought; to brood over; to worry about
patterns of thinking; train of thought
puncture; flat tyre (tire); blowout; bursting; overflowing; being jammed (e.g. phone lines)
perplexity; difficult question; difficult problem
with my own (two) eyes; with these very eyes
resignation; acceptance; consolation
comparatively; relatively; unexpectedly; unusually; considering; for one's ...
corner; section; one horn; narwhal (Monodon monoceros)
exclusion; removal; rejection; elimination; abatement; lifting (sanctions, etc.)
once; for a short time; briefly; (arch.) one morning
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
refreshing; exhilarating; invigorating; bracing
slipping out (a chuckle, giggle); unintentionally (letting out a quiet laugh)