spare time; free time; time (e.g. time it takes to do something); time off; day off; quitting (one's job)
to become less crowded; to thin out; to get empty; to be hungry
to become hungry; to get an empty stomach
formal; courteous; ritual; ritualistic
to rise; to swell; to be promoted
great achievement; great feat; great work; great undertaking
unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history (unparallelled); record-breaking
to ascertain; to check; to make sure
noon; midday; daytime; lunch
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
to coo at; to behave like a spoiled child; to snort; to sniff
to rot; to go bad; to corrode; to weather; to become useless; to blunt; to become depraved
together; at the same time; same; identical
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
to turn toward; to look (up, down, etc.); to face (e.g. east) (of a building, window, etc.); to look out on; to point (of an arrow, compass needle, etc.); to be suited to
probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.); don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to; must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't
to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
isn't it?; let's ...; why don't we ...; how about we ...
mistake; error; fault; slip; blunder; omission
to omit; to leave out; to exclude; to curtail; to save; to cut down
laziness; shirking; impudent; brazenly dishonest
defect; deficiency; imperfection; Yours in haste
it is I who should say so
to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised); to be flustered; to panic; to hurry; to rush; to hasten
soliloquy; monologue; speaking to oneself
failure; mistake; blunder
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion
to suffer an embarrassing defeat
lower grade; low class; junior (officer)
softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is
to hit; to expose; to apply (e.g. patch); to put on; to allot; to call on someone (e.g. in class); to guess (an answer)
thinning out; pruning; culling; infanticide
as expected; predictably; not surprisingly
to hide; to be hidden; to conceal oneself; to disappear
(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any
to remind (someone of something); to call attention to; to make sure of; to emphasize; to emphasise