engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
occupational ability; function; role
to make (the best) use of; to put to good use; to let live; to keep alive; to revive; to resuscitate
rational; reasonable; logical
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
second offense; second offence
24 hours; twenty-four hours
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
return; comeback; reinstatement; carriage return; CR
devotion to one's company
a piece; a scrap; a fragment; iota; modicum; trace
cloudiness; cloudy weather; fog (on a mirror, glasses, etc.); cloud (e.g. in marble); gloom; dejection
fresh troops; fresh players; newcomer; new employee; new method; new way
sleazebag; asshole; shithead; lowlife
check; plaid; checking; monitoring; check (banking); cheque
madness; craziness; insanity
careless; stupid; thoughtless; heedless; unobservant; inadvertent
to have a bad time; to go through a bitter experience; to get into trouble; to get hurt; to suffer
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
sexual act; sexual intercourse
looking coldly on; looking upon disapprovingly; frowning on
savage; barbarous; barbaric; uncivilized; uncivilised
(Oh) dear!; (Oh) dear me!; Good gracious
smelling of fish; fishy; degenerate (of a monk); depraved; worldly; mundane
trauma (usu. psychological)
mum; mom; mummy; the missus
to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)
to seize; to capture; to arrest; to hold down; to subdue
(not even) an inch; (not even) a little bit; (lit.) one millimeter
to be born and raised (in); to be born and brought up; to be born and bred
one's circumstances; environment; situation (in life)
arrangement; preparations; search (by police)
to gain knowledge; to be illuminated; enlightening; informative; illuminating
countryman; provincial; person from the country; provincial person; bumpkin; hick
to glare at each other; to confront each other
to pull tight; to brace; to tighten
to stuff into; to jam; to shorten; to move closer together; to reduce (spending); to conserve; to focus intently on
military conflict; armed conflict