metabolic syndrome; overweight
black fly (any insect of family Simuliidae); gnat
to summon; to get used to call
bloody; gory; covered in copious amounts of blood; desperate; frantic
gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream
to fire from a job; to dismiss; to discharge; to behead
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
contact; touch; tactile object; uncleanliness
detonation by contact; contact detonation; touching off (something); triggering; sparking
recall (esp. of an envoy or an ambassador); calling someone back; summons (home)
immediate effect; instant effect
to put on (another's shoes by mistake); to put (shoes) on the wrong feet; to mistake (one thing for another); to confuse; to have a mistaken idea of
planning; planning ability; deliberateness
elucidation; explicit statement; specification
intolerable; unbearable; tremendous; out of this world; cannot help (doing); cannot but do
at the mercy of (e.g. wind, waves); (act) as one is told (by)
10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication
eight; eight years of age; two o'clock (old time system)
to create (a sensation); to give rise to (controversy)
to wear away; to rub down; to abrade
what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...; none other than ...
to burn to a crisp; to scorch
to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears
to lose hair; to become bald; to become bare (e.g. a mountain becomes bare of trees)
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
bent back; hunchback; stoop
detailed; scrupulous; careful; (arch.) diligent; (arch.) honest; (arch.) upright
to be careful; to be discreet; to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to be purified; to be chaste
comparing and adjusting; reconciling; lapping; precision surface finishing; margination
to take measures (in face of events being anticipated); to come to an agreement (in bargaining, etc.); to strike a bargain; to clap one's hands together
opportunity; chance; trigger; cause
being greatly in the red; taking a big loss; heavy deficit
(money) recovery; claw-back
host country (e.g. for a conference)
estimate (of costs); budget