setting the table; laying the table; setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference
trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work; thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts
to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do
preventing (someone) from leaving; confinement; keeping indoors; being stranded; grounding
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
still; yet; more; still more; as ...; like ...
to nod one's head; to nod yes; to agree
to grasp at straws; to resort to desperate measures
(weather) front; front line; forward area; action zone
logistical support; combat service support
to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to
side; flank; profile; aspect; dimension
to push into; to cram into; to stuff into; to break in; to burgle; to burglarize
to be lifted up; to be hung up; to twitch upwards; to turn upward; to slant upward
to return to normal; to revert to the starting point; to go back to how it was
scaffold; scaffolding; foothold; footing; foothold (e.g. in business); foundation
flabbily; softly; limply; easily (bend); effortlessly; flexibly
vine; bine; bow; temple arm; connections; contacts
space; air; midair; (from) memory; (by) heart
to wind (of a road, etc.); to meander; to twist; to undulate; to surge; to swell
to graze (e.g. bullet); to scratch; to touch lightly; to take a percentage; to exploit; to squeeze
authority; expert; counter for messages, letters, notes, documents, etc.; understanding (esp. of male-female relations); tact; supernatural powers
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate
how dare ...; how could ...
true character; real nature
conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard; reason; cause; meaning; circumstances; situation
older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am
ramming attack; hurling oneself (at); throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out
attitude; posture; preparedness; readiness
temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room
greatly energetic; ferocious; extreme; severe
slowly (but steadily); gradually; irritatedly; impatiently; scorchingly (of the sun); sizzling (i.e. sound of frying in oil); sound of a warning bell, alarm clock, etc.
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
to flick off; to give (someone) the flick; to send (something) flying; to hit (a person); to knock down
chorus (esp. in Greek drama); choir