now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
number of times; frequency; count
shallow; superficial; slight (wound); light (sleep); short (time); early
to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
whereabouts; place; location; place where one belongs; where one fits in; place where one can be oneself
to earn (income); to make (money); to score (points, victory); to gain (time); to work hard (at one's job); to labor
(picture) frame; framed picture; amount (esp. of money); sum
hole; opening; pit; hollow; burrow; den; deficit
fat; thick; deep (of a voice); thick; daring; shameless
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
to make an appeal; to urge
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
component; factor; item (e.g. in list); element (e.g. in array); member (e.g. data structure)
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
speed; velocity; pace; velocity
thunderous roar; roaring sound
to soar; to fly high; to be whirled up; to make merry; to be ecstatic; to be in high spirits
to eat; to drink; to receive (e.g. a blow); to be on the receiving end (of something undesirable); to undergo (trouble)
noisy; loud; annoying; troublesome; fussy; finicky
to cut into (a line, conversation, etc.); to force oneself into (e.g. a crowd); to wedge oneself into; to fall below (of stock prices, sales, etc.); to drop below
cannot (do); it is impossible that...; it is (highly) unlikely that...
as you were; return to your original position!; er, rather
to rub; to scrub; to scrape
sound sleep; good sleep; quiet sleep
after the end (of something); post-
intelligence gathering; information gathering
sluggish; languid; listless; bothersome; tiresome; pain-in-the-ass
to blame; to reproach; to question (a suspect); to challenge; to aggravate (an injury); to be aggravated
to connect; to link together; to tie; to fasten; to maintain; to preserve
glazing; fitting with glass; transparency; openness; lack of secrecy
route; road; distance travelled in a day; one's ... (age, e.g. 40s, 60s)
westering sun; setting sun; afternoon sun
to strike; to hit; to beat; to punch
barely; narrowly; only just; with difficulty
narrow; confined; small; limited; narrow-minded; confining
to lock up; to shut up; to imprison