department (in an organization, company, etc.); division; club (at a school, university, etc.); team; part; portion
hitting (a ball with a bat, racket, golf club, etc.); batting; batted ball; struck ball
trudging (along); plodding; slowly and with heavy steps
among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else)
to come back (of an illness, cold weather, etc.); to return; to recur; to happen again
as (much) as possible; as (much) as one can; wherever practicable; if possible
boorish; unsophisticated; unrefined; uncouth; tasteless; insensitive
to creep in; to steal in; to sneak in
by chance; by accident; accidentally; occasionally; once in a while; now and then
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
once; one time; exclusively; only; alone
for a while; for some time; for a period
to compete (with each other); to contend for; to vie for; to rival
brake; drag; skid; brake (on inflation, spending, etc.); check; restraint
to be effective; to take effect; to work; to function well; to be possible (to do, use, etc.); to be able to
extreme (measure, idea, etc.); radical; violent (language); strenuous (exercise, work, etc.); excessive; (physically) demanding
difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them
tsk; tut; shoot; chirp; tweet
pleasure of looking (at something beautiful or precious); sight for sore eyes; feast for the eyes
eyeball; special feature; centerpiece; special program; loss leader; sunny-side up fried egg
to extract; to pull out; to draw out; to headhunt; to lure away; to poach
to check; to stop; to keep back
one's last moment; one's death; one's end
to pray; to say a prayer; to say grace; to wish; to hope
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
to approach; to draw near; to gather (in one place); to come together; to stop by (while on one's way to another place); to drop by; to grow old
having; holding; wear; durability; shouldering (an expense); being responsible (for paying)
bathing suit; swimsuit; swimmers
to stare at; to look hard at; to look up and down; to scrutinize; to scrutinise
if I (we, etc.) could; if one were to ... then ... (an unpleasant thing would happen)
continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence
(breaking) with a snap (of a thread, rope, etc.); (ending) suddenly (of a call, communications, etc.); breaking out (of a pimple, swelling, etc.); pricking (e.g. with a needle)
resentment; grudge; malice; matter for regret; regret
registration; accession; register; entry; record; subscription
heh-heh; hee-hee; ha ha; (arch.) female genitals; (arch.) vagina; (arch.) vulva
to wake (someone) up (roughly); to rouse out of bed; to awaken (someone) by knocking at the door
gently; mildly; leniently; don't be too hard on me (us, them); go easy on me
rainfall; rainy weather; rain; rainy; wet
to hurry (up); to urge on; to press; to rush