keeping an alternative up one's sleeve; two-stage preparation
careless; sloppy; faulty; using unreliable sources (in a piece of writing); piece of writing with unreliable sources or many errors
while; although; (but) at the same time; on the other hand; half the face; profile
impulsive; emotional; straightforward; hot-headed; quick-tempered
ghastly; gruesome; appalling; lurid
capturing alive (an animal or person); something captured alive
singing one's own praises; praising one's own wares
unattractive; ugly; unstylish; uncool
treatment (of a person); dealing with
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
discussion; talk; tête-à-tête; conference
faint; fainting; losing consciousness
to quarry; to cut (timber); to begin to talk; to break the ice; to start a fire (with flint, by rubbing sticks together, etc.); to select and extract (from a media file)
destruction; disruption; (application) crash
perception; intuition; the sixth sense
to talk on and on; to rattle on; to keep on talking (without pause)
feeling of fellowship; fellow feeling
straightforwardly; readily; without hesitation
to confide; to reveal; to disclose; to lay bare; to speak frankly; to open (one's heart)
hopping; skipping; lightly and repeatedly jumping
three times; thrice; third (interval)
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up; to dampen
to tie up (roughly; esp. to prevent escape); to bind; to arrest
to comb out; to brush; to untangle; to unravel
root (of a plant); root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); center (of a pimple, etc.); root (of all evil, etc.); source; one's true nature
to come to meet (someone); to come to pick up
outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
kilo-; 1000; kilogram; kilogramme; kilometre; kilometer
to be shut; to close; to be firm (of a body, face, etc.); to be well-knit; to be locked; to tighten
puffing motion (when blowing, spitting, etc.); pouting (with displeasure)
a great deal; very much; a lot; (arch.) with a great amount of effort
to abate; to decrease; to diminish; to shorten
to become desperate; to give in to despair
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
unexpected; contrary to expectations; by chance; casual
panel; wainscoting; wainscotting; plight; fix; bind
absence; disregard; indifference
father; dad; husband; you (of an elderly person older than the speaker); he
return; relapse; recurrence