startup; booting up; activation; starting (e.g. engine, computer); launch
careful; scrupulous; thorough; conscientious; elaborate; deliberate
won't; hasn't; isn't; won't you
by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking
metre; meter; meter; gauge
severe; harsh; stringent; rigorous; strict; unfair
approval; agreement; support; favour; favor
screaming; squawking; squealing; loud complaining; noisy conversation
means of survival; means of escape; way out of a difficulty
protracted war; war of attrition
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
feeling of tragic heroism; feeling of grim resolve; sense of determination
to overflow; to brim over; to flood
having a poor endgame; missing at the last turn
storage; putting or stowing away; receipt (of funds, payment, etc.); harvesting
medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
effect; efficacy; virtue; benefit
to recover consciousness; to come to
mousseline de laine; light woollen fabric; moth; moss
to hide; to lie motionless in hiding
contrivance; bit of fiddling; little ingenuity; bit more (e.g. food)
tail (animal); tail end; tip
priority; order of precedence
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
fragment; scrap; piece; shred
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
to divide (into); to split (into); to share; to distribute; to distinguish; to discriminate; to break up (a fight)
just this side of; one step short of; on the brink
to turn away; to bear off; to veer away; to deviate (e.g. of a conversation); to digress; to go astray
barely miss (meeting someone, catching a train, etc.)