busy; hurried; confused; flurried
billiards; pool; serial collisions (of cars)
to return; to come back; to turn over; to become extremely; to become completely
perhaps; possibly; maybe; by some chance
training; drill; practice; discipline
injured person; wounded person; casualty
beyond help; there's nothing that can be done
waste (of money, time, etc.); squandering; frittering away
evaluation criteria; evaluation standard
intracerebral; inside the brain; (occurring) in the mind; mental (e.g. image); imaginary
rumination; regurgitation; chewing the cud; turning over in one's mind; thinking over something; pondering
to stagnate; to be delayed; to be left undone; to be overdue (of a payment); to fall into arrears; to be outstanding
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
alley; alleyway; teahouse garden; path through a gate (or through a garden, etc.)
to fall into (e.g. a hole); to fall into (chaos, depression, dilemma, illness, etc.); to fall into (a trap, etc.); to fall; to surrender
double; twice (as much); times (as much); -fold; 1-nth; 1 to n
to spend time (on doing something)
off the top of one's head; from thin air; from memory
rescue worker; emergency rescue team member; ambulance attendant; paramedic
succeeding; following; trailing; next
to put something out of the way; to move (something, someone) aside
to become speechless; to be at a loss for words
to be in confusion or commotion; to be in a turmoil; to be crowded or jammed with people
arrival (of post, news, correspondence, etc.); receiving (a phone call, email, etc.)
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
(telephone) call; (telephone) ring; shout; call; call loan (e.g. 30-day call); call money
tortoise; turtle; heavy drinker; turtle crest; turtle mon
fat; grease; blubber; lard; suet
paralysis; palsy; numbness; stupor
ultrasound scan; echographic examination
chewing; mastication; digestion (e.g. of words); assimilation; comprehension
what is it (that); the meaning of something; what something is about
haze (esp. in spring); mist; dimness (of sight)
consequence; causal relationship; nexus
silence; stillness; quietness