transactions; dealings; business
case (e.g. receptacle, condition, event, legal action, letter style, etc.); Computer-Aided Software Engineering; CASE
use; adoption; acceptance; appointment; employment; engagement
intuition; instinct; insight; hunch; immediacy
one hundred-thousandth; sudden; abrupt; unexpected
to pile up; to accumulate; to estimate
to guess; to conjecture; to surmise
difficult; tough; formidable; redoubtable; stubborn
(right at the) side; just beside
but; however; provided that
exceedingly; extremely; decisively
all over; all over the place; everywhere
closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard; pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling
to lose composure; to be upset; to be flurried; to lose one's head (through shock)
small room; closet; cubicle; booth; stall
to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
to bring to naught; to bring to nought; to abuse (esp. another's kindness); to empty; to clear
crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch
to save up; to stockpile; to stash away; to hoard; to amass; to salt away
diagonally upward; (going in a) completely unexpected direction (of a story, result, etc.)
to that extent; accordingly; that being the case; that state; that condition
savage; wild; unruly; fierce; rough
to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)
to corner; to drive to the wall; to run down; to track down; to chase after
willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord
laryngeal prominence; Adam's apple
to misread; to misinterpret; to misunderstand
unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic
wearing armour (armor); counter for suits of armour
to do; to have sexual intercourse; to give; to present; to award
heartlessness; hardness of heart; coldheartedness; insentient; inanimate
to explain away; to talk one's way out of; to excuse oneself; to evade
to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall
moving about; stirring about
with a clang or a clink; tinkle