preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to suffice; to serve the purpose; to be satisfied
before one's own eyes; from under one's very nose; without doing anything; without resistance; helplessly; negligently
argument based on emotion; sentimental argument
movements; behavior; behaviour; bearing; deportment; manners
day in question; appointed day; that very day; the day (of issue, publication, etc.)
truth; reality; sincerity; honesty; content; substance
to appear in the newspaper
previous day; day before; eve; prior day; preceding day
difference; disagreement; conflict; clash; discrepancy; inconsistency
to take (a resource, e.g. time or money); to hang; to come into view; to arrive; to come under (a contract, a tax); to start (engines, motors); to attend
contest decided by a single round (bout); contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game (contest); make-or-break game
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer
thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)
this world; this life; current epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
extremely dangerous; full of peril
final adjustment; final coordination
to finish; to end; to close
to fail; to mess up; to bungle; to screw the pooch
established practice; custom
formation; establishment; conclusion (e.g. of a deal); reaching (e.g. an agreement); being valid (of a theory, argument, etc.); holding
lucky color; lucky colour
fortune-telling; divination
to see; to look; to examine; to look over; to look after; to attend to; to experience
self-proclaimed; self-professed; professing oneself to be; calling oneself; first person
running continuously; firing in rapid succession