your body; your health; yourself; you
securing; obtaining; ensuring; belay; belaying
insufficiency; deficiency; shortage; dissatisfaction; discontent; complaint
to be itching to put one's skills to use
cracking sound (e.g. cracking one's knuckles); crunching sound
look of amazement; looking dumbfounded
to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)
to grapple with; to wrestle with; to engage in a bout; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to come to grips with; to work hard on
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
confrontation; opposition; antagonism
investigation; examination; inquiry; enquiry; survey
leisurely; slow; deliberate; easygoing
to set about in earnest; to put one's back into something
confrontational attitude (stance, posture)
even if not; even without
superiors; big shots; higher-ups; VIPs; dignitaries
call; summons; convening; convocation
labour; labor; effort; toil; trouble
helplessly; easily; without resistance; without regret
to call out; to ask someone to come
to be frank; to drop all pretense
in hand; on hand; on one; handheld
ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
eagerly; earnestly; assiduously; diligently; wholeheartedly
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
ending; conclusion; join; union; knot; knotting
to state; to express; to mention
(with a) start; fright; alarm
to call (someone) back; to recall; to call home; to bring back (memories, etc.); to recall; to revive
another time; some other time
public and private; official and personal; government and people
distinction; differentiation; classification
irrespective of the occasion; indiscriminately
to put someone to trouble
office (e.g. the Oval Office)
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
swiftly; rapidly; suddenly; abruptly; sharply (of a slope, bend, etc.); steeply
either way; in any case; one way or another
sudden; abrupt; rapid; sharp; drastic; radical