to hang one's head; to look down; to cast one's eyes downward
no concern of mine; nothing to do with me
to dress (oneself in); to attire oneself in; to adorn; to pretend; to feign; to affect
someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour
rising; ascending; climbing
premature; untimely (e.g. death); early
arrival of goods; goods received
failure; mistake; blunder
difficult voyage; hard flight; rough going; rough passage; running into trouble
casualties; the killed and wounded
to follow in succession; to happen one after another
to listen carefully; to strain one's ears
not to mention ...; needless to say ...; not to speak of ...; (arch.) negligent; (arch.) neglectful; (arch.) careless
to put on (coat, gown, etc.)
middle-age; middle age; midlife; one's middle years
party; group; crew; company (of troops); corps; unit
unclear; obscure; unknown; unidentified; ignorance; lack of wisdom
neighborhood; vicinity; environs; approaching
busy; hurried; confused; flurried
to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)
coincidence; chance; by chance; unexpectedly; contingency
to change into; to convert into; to transform; to be reduced; to influence; to improve (someone)
to build (a nest); to nest; to haunt (a place); to hang out (somewhere)
dispatch; despatch; deployment; temporary employee (esp. from an agency); temporary worker; agency temp
to shave (wood, leather, etc.); to sharpen (e.g. pencil); to cut down (budget, expenses, staff, time, etc.); to curtail; to delete; to erase
to benefit; to profit; to gain; to reap rewards
force; unit; corps; squad; troops; party
to settle (in a place); to settle down
inference; deduction; induction; reasoning
decision; settlement; definition
intensiveness; collecting; summarizing; putting together
unnatural; artificial; affected; strained
dangerous; risky; awful; terrible; terrific; amazing
principle; general rule; as a rule; in principle; in general