recklessly driven car; runaway vehicle
waiting for the traffic lights to change
opposite lane; oncoming lane; opposite side of the road
standard size car; ordinary carriage (train); second-class carriage; ordinary car
footpath; walkway; sidewalk
to have one's hair stand on end
first-aid; emergency (aid)
lump of meat; piece of flesh; human body
hit-and-run (causing personal injury)
arrest rate; clear-up rate; crime-arrest ratio
emergency transport; ambulance transport
selfish; egoistic; self-serving; self-interested
ideal land; earthly paradise; Utopia; Arcadia
economic slump; hard times; poor (business); dull; gloomy; cheerless
to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)
life in a dormitory; dormitory life
a long time (since the last time)
cesspool; sink; manure sink
to take the name of; to call oneself; to pretend; to feign; to purport
thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully
walking sideways; staggering; striding; being rampant; being widespread; being prevalent
disadvantage; handicap; drawback; inadvisability; inexpediency; loss
last (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
to have a lot of influence (in); to have clout (with); to be influential; to have contacts (in)
nice-looking; seemingly fine; nice-sounding; polite-sounding; plausible (e.g. excuse); glib
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
to be unable to let pass unnoticed; to be unable to be indifferent; to be unable to just watch (without doing anything)
to sigh; to breathe a sigh
to pause; to have a short intermission
near; close; beside; attendant; retainer; vassal
accidental death; casualty
you are quite right; reasonable; natural; just
pull together!; give it your best shot!; let's do this!
talking about (behind one's back); backbiting
gray zone; grey zone; gray area
goodness; excellence; virtue
to spread rumors; to spread rumours