reasonable (person); obedient (e.g. child); doing what one is told
to connect; to join; to join or tie or knot together
handcuffs; hand shackles; restrictions; restraints
inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable
to become experienced (after many years of practice); to become worn (through long use); to show its age
single-person cell; isolation cell; solitary cell; solitary confinement cell
horseplay; fooling around
all night long; all through the night
one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
sticking to; clinging to; adhesion; cohesion; agglutination
looking or acting as if one owned the place
to awake from one's sleep
disassembly; dismantling; decomposition; resolution; factorization
parts; accessories; components
headquarters; head office; main office
construction; framework; erection; assembly; organization; organisation
confinement; imprisonment; incarceration
average; ordinary; normal
floor above; floor upstairs
having the memory of having done something oneself; familiar (to one); guilty (look, expression, etc.)
sudden impulse; passing fancy
to instigate; to tempt; to entice; to incite
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
being painfully true (e.g. reprimand); making one's ears burn; striking home (e.g. remark); having an earache; feeling pain in one's ear
of all (things, people, places, days, etc.)
temporary; provisional; fictitious; assumed (name); hypothetical; theoretical
outsider; someone outside of a group
to draw back; to sink; to be set back (e.g. from a road); to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere)
to pass (by) each other; to brush past; to miss (meeting) each other; to fail to meet; to be at odds; to clash
to be fulfilled; to be satisfied
from ancient times; from old times; from time immemorial
sudden; unexpected; unpredictable; unforeseen
to be collected (of clams, etc.); to be gathered (of mushrooms, herbs, etc.); to be picked (of fruit, etc.); to be able to collect; to be able to extract; to be able to get
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
firm; strong; solid; stable
accidental; incidental; occasional; casual
evolution; evolution; becoming more advanced; progress
(in) secrecy; behind closed doors