in a terrible mess; in complete disorder; chaotic
tedious talk; repetition; complaint; tongue-twister
ironist; sarcastic person; sharp tongue; satirist
and yet; even so; nonetheless; for all that
detached building; solitary house; room detached from main house
nervous; highly strung; sensitive; fussy; worried about petty things
behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; acting without consideration for others; arrogance; audacity; insolence
equally (well); as ... as; no less ... than ...; evenly matched; well-matched
generous; soft-hearted; having a good personality
will to fight; fighting spirit; morale
by all means; at all costs; absolutely
sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back; action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; with a bob of the head
divergence; alienation; deviation; estrangement; separation; detachment
one act (of a play); scene; event
it's precisely for that reason that ...; which is precisely why ...
boorish; unrefined; rustic; uncouth; clumsy; brusque
to rub out; to clean off; to clear away; to efface; to erase
large and rough; big and tough; unrefined; rustic; extreme; excessive
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
blow; shock; strike; batting
to die (in action, in one's youth)
to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument); to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
real experience; actual observations
arranged; taken care of; settled; completed; finished
to crunch; to masticate; to simplify; to explain plainly
common; ordinary; conventional; customary
knowledge (of a skill, art, etc.); proficiency; essentials; know-how; preparedness; readiness
neighbour; neighbor; (people in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
a (single) moment; an instant
though imperfect; somehow; somehow or other
deadlock; standstill; stalemate; impasse; standoff
stuffing; packing; endgame; final stage; end; end (esp. of a bridge); edge
even a little; any at all; if only a little; no matter how little
to squeeze out; to wring out
to distract one's attention
pains; hard work; effort; trouble; labour; labor
to slip out (e.g. of a comment, remark, etc.); to utter unintentionally; to pour from one's lips (of words); to flow freely (of speech); to rush out of one's mouth
amiability; friendliness; fondness (of someone); affection; compliments; civilities