limited express (train for which a limited-express ticket is required); limited express (train making a limited no. of stops); great hurry
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
unbecoming; improper; unsuitable; ill-matched; unworthy of
to get dead drunk; to get blind drunk
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
if it is not ...; if it does not ...
surname; family name; last name
passing each other (without meeting); entering somewhere just after someone had left; coming in just as someone had gone out; inserting in the wrong order
blunder; bungle; gaffe; bungling; stupid; tactless
tightly (packed); densely; closely; crammed
sales promotion; hard selling
to be contrary to one's expectations
passage (of people or vehicles); passing (through); traffic; common usage; widespread use
closing; closure; shutdown; lockout
to succeed; to relieve; to take the place of; to substitute for; to be exchanged; to change (places with)
to deal a blow in return; to hit back; to punch back; to reject; to send back
making matters worse; adding insult to injury; (lit.) bees to a tearful face
selling like crazy; selling like hotcakes; flying off the shelves
to loaf around (on the job); to idle one's time away; to dawdle
drowning one's cares in drink; drinking in desperation
to get change back; to be more than enough
(military) expedition; campaign; expedition (for exploration, research, etc.); travelling (a long way); tour (by a sports team, performer, etc.)
nest; rookery; den; haunt; (spider's) web
in swarms; in clusters; tediously; slowly
to compel; to force; to oblige
contortion; distortion; warp; kink (in one's character); twist
forced march; (fig.) doing something on a very strict schedule
all-nighter; staying up all night
after staying up all night
very close (to); within a stone's throw (of); a stone's throw away (from)
temporary; transient; trifling; trivial; careless; perfunctory
lining; backing; backing up (e.g. a theory); support; bolstering
fraud; swindle; graft; saying you're going to do something but in the end not doing it; making promises without keeping them; flaking out
to have (the) courage (to); to be courageous
direction of travel; direction of movement
to bewitch; to confuse; to enchant; to delude
cry (of an animal); call; chirp; song; caw; roar
path through forest; woodland path; logging road
in the twinkling of an eye; in a flash