medicine; pharmaceuticals; efficacious chemical (gunpowder, pesticide, etc.); (pottery) glaze; (illegal) drug; narcotic
traction; towing; hauling; driving (e.g. economic growth)
to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock; to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)
to refuse; to reject; to inform; to give notice; to ask leave; to excuse oneself (from)
whereabouts; address; place of temporary residence
positioning; getting a position; taking a position
vigilante group; neighborhood watch; self-defense group
to entrust (to someone); to leave (in someone's hands)
good (person, nature, etc.); good-natured; virtuous; honest
all day long; all the day; throughout the day
to loiter around; to wander about
to swindle out of; to cheat out of; to defraud of; to misrepresent oneself as; to pretend to be; to assume (a name or title)
a (single) moment; an instant
reason for being; raison d'être
dangerous person; security risk; loose cannon
assembling a criminal case
(compulsory) execution; seizure
crash; smash; bang; sound of a large, heavy object falling
settlement (of a dispute); making amends; settling a score; money paid to settle a dispute
what did you just say (to me)?; what's that?
dim-witted; airheaded; bird-brained; dim; dullard; blockheaded
the person concerned; the person in question; the said person
to impersonate someone; to go under a false name; to make fraudulent use of someone's name
to act timid; to show diffidence; to be hesitant; to appear embarrassed; to look ashamed
pre-established harmony (Leibniz theory); harmonie préétablie; (events) proceeding in a predictable fashion; turning out the way everyone expected; convention
weight (for scales); counterweight
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
partition; division; separation; segmenting; splitting
clockwork (motor, etc.); spring action
horseback riding; sitting astride; straddling
elbowing (someone); rejection; rebuff