to be crowded (with); to be packed; to be piled up (of work); to be busy (with)
in the middle of something; busy with something; in commotion as a result of something untoward happening; currently importing or capturing data
rudeness; impoliteness; leaving; going (on one's way); taking without permission; stealing
call; visit; inquiry; enquiry; question
trick; trap; stratagem; intraoperative; during surgery
sense of caution; wariness
grizzled; (hair) streaked with grey (gray)
to see; to look; to watch; to try to
hectic; topsy-turvy; chaotic
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
blind spot (e.g. of a driver); dead angle; dead ground; dead space
folding chair (with tubular metal frame)
please don't fuss over me; don't go to any trouble; don't bother
to make coffee; to brew coffee
kindness; intimacy; friendship
to stand on ceremony; to stiffen up (the nerves); to be tense
haste; hurry; expedition; speed; dispatch
profitable plan; good plan
to defend oneself; to protect oneself
monolith; large slab of rock
passionate; hot-blooded; full of vitality
showing one's face in public; facing another person
to be embarrassed; to lose face
rampaging; raging violently; going berserk
change (of personnel); reshuffle (e.g. of a cabinet); shake-up; dismissal (e.g. of a minister); replacement
to boil up; to seethe; to get excited; to be in an uproar
videotape recorder; VTR; video recording; pre-recorded video shown during a television programme
solid; robust; tight; taut; shrewd; calculating
open-top car; convertible; soft-top
comfortable; easy; calm; loose; spacious
back seat (of a car); rear seat
sky; air; ether; firmament; the heavens
transfer (trains, buses, etc.); change; switch (to another ideology, party, system, method, etc.); change; switching (stock); chromosomal crossover
liking something; being partial to something; -phile
correction; revision; compensation (e.g. to a pendulum)