laying (a railroad, pipes, naval mines, etc.); construction
uphill task; difficult undertaking (project)
route; path; channel (e.g. sales, distribution)
Rocky Mountains; the Rockies
to spread out; to lay out; to take a position; to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
concatenation; coupling; connection; linking; consolidation (e.g. of company accounts)
increase (in an amount of money)
free (of charge); gratuitous
detour; circumvention; turning movement
to bend many times; to turn and twist; to zigzag
lyric poetry; lyric poem; ode
utmost limits; extremity; limit
on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
The Glass Menagerie (play by Tennessee Williams)
obstacle; impediment; hindrance; handicap; impairment; disability
to look away (from); to avert one's gaze; to disregard; to ignore; to escape (from); to turn away (from)
to keep company; to listen to; to associate with; to play against (e.g. a team); to take on (e.g. a rival)
to stay indoors; to be confined indoors
certainly; without fail; right and wrong; pros and cons
to go to see (something, someone); to visit
with a clatter; with a rattle; empty; bare; raspy (voice); gravelly; with a gargle
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
brother-in-law (spouse's younger brother or younger sister's husband); younger stepbrother