to be surprised; to be amazed; to be frightened; surprise (e.g. surprise party)
crackling; cracking; clapping; incessantly (blinking)
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
to grip; to grasp; to squeeze
to push out; to project; to stick out; to hand over (e.g. to the police)
left hand; left-hand side; left-hand direction; (on) the left
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
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)
since some time or another; since who-knows-when
to see without obstruction; to see through; to forecast; to predict; to anticipate
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
foul play (sport); breaking the rules; infringement; irregularity
checking answers (e.g. to homework problems); verifying one's answers
consideration; guess; conjecture; judgment; judgement
to collect; to assemble; to gather
to have no way of knowing; to be completely ignorant of
as one wishes; the way one wants; to one's satisfaction
outrageous; monstrous; appalling; inordinate; overambitious
pseudo; quasi; false; suspected (case, e.g. of disease)
trivial; not amounting to much
as one pleases; irresponsibility; free-for-all
subject; theme; homework; assignment; task; challenge
first of all; in the first place; to begin with; for starters
limitation; restriction; condition; constraints
to make good one's escape; to get away; to outrun; to hold on (and win); to win narrowly
single cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
to scheme; to plan; to play a trick; to invent; to conspire; to frame up
evident; plain; distinct; clear
to have one's faults exposed; to have one's secrets blown
biggest; greatest; largest; maximum
to brave; to risk; to harm; to afflict; to desecrate; to profane
playing; play (margin between on and off, gap before pressing button or lever has an effect)
to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate
to reconsider; to rethink; to reassess
riskiness; (level of) danger
finally; at last; barely; narrowly; gradually; little by little
to read (a book); to open (a book) to read; to unravel (e.g. a mystery); to discover (the truth)