coming home in the morning (after staying out all night)
change of schedule; schedule change
at all costs; at any cost; surmounting all difficulties
cookware; cooking utensil
tangent point; point of contact; contact (electrical, etc.); point of agreement; common ground
fast; brisk; careless; thoughtless; (of a woman) wanton; promiscuous
comfortable (to live in); snug; cozy; cosy
to hold a person back; to restrain; to catch in one's arms
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
value to society; raison d'être; existence value
to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)
emotional scars; mental trauma
to join; to be put together; to combine; to unite; to fit; to close (e.g. of a wound)
vaginal vestibule; vulvar vestibule
odds and ends; all; every
in drops; dripping; gently (sloping); sluggishly; endlessly; leisurely
technology; technique; technical
hopeless; futile; no use; beyond help; cannot be done
early; soon; quickly; swiftly; rapidly
drastic treatment; rough-and-ready treatment; drastic remedy; drastic measures; drastic steps
to reply; to respond; to answer; to talk back; to retort
midwinter; cold season; coldest days of the year
sacrifice sale; bargain sale; discount sale
to sell well; to sell out; to be worldly and understanding; to be sensible; to be sorted out; to be put in order
to screw; to twist; to distort; to parody; to torture; to wrest
by sheer strength; by brute force
to sink (into); to cave in; to get stuck in
preliminary arrangements; spade work
screw; propeller (e.g. on a ship)
smallest (in size, degree, etc.); least; minimum; minimal
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell