clicking; clopping; clacking
heel (of a shoe); heel (in pro wrestling); bad guy; player of villain roles
intent to kill; intent to murder; urge to kill; murderous impulse
to freeze to; to be frozen to; to freeze in place; to be still
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
dense; thick; close (relationship); intimate; minute; fine
(essential) utilities; lifeline
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
by the way; incidentally; sometimes; occasionally; precisely (at that time); exactly
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
to do without being seen (by); to do behind (someone's) back; to do without the knowledge of (e.g. one's parents)
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
stealthily; secretly; in secret
to rendezvous; to meet at a prearranged place and time; to arrange to meet
tactics; strategy; military operation; naval operation
to stand up; to put up; to thrust into; to bury into; to make (a noise); to start (a rumour); to make
official; governmental; public (use, matter, forum, etc.); common; being public knowledge; being out in the open
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
to be intolerable; to be unpardonable
to open wide (doors, windows, etc.); to fling open
as many as one likes; as much as one likes; great many; plenty; almost (none); (not) much
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
disquieting; threatening; turbulent; restless; unsettled; disturbing
order; discipline; regularity; system; method
to throw into disorder; to disarrange; to disturb (order, peace, etc.); to corrupt (public morals); to dishevel (hair)
to talk or say too much; to go too far; to overstate; to exaggerate
if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down
feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense; on pins and needles
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
door (Western-style, car, etc.)
reverse; opposite; converse (of a hypothesis, etc.); inverse (function)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
love; affection; attachment; craving; agape; Ireland
to whisper; to murmur; to rumor; to rumour
to fail to hear something; to miss; to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide
on purpose; deliberately; intentionally