to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
to put back in a good mood; to cheer up
aluminium can shaped like a bottle (aluminum); metal bottle
cocoa (beverage, cocoa solids); hot chocolate
beanbag; beanbag juggling game; bobbling the ball
cap (headwear); cap (of a bottle, pen, etc.); leader; chief
low-life; sleazebag; boor; person of humble rank; humble person; peasant
to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different
being quick-eared; having sharp ears; being first to know about something
today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; very soon
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
flow of time; flux of time; lapse of time; current of the times; trend of the times
tracing back; retroactivity
disposal; abandonment; scrapping; annulment; cancellation; abrogation
electronic information; electronic data; electronics and information
lone criminal; sole perpetrator; crime carried out by one person
to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); to constrict (someone, something)
meeting (face-to-face); seeing; visit; interview
not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned; having nothing one can do about something; having no options
commission; proxy; power of attorney; authorization
atrocious crime; heinous crime
conversion; reform; correcting someone's conduct
proxy; agent; substitute; deputy; alternate; representative
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
to get into an argument; to come to discuss; to be controversial (usu. as an adjectival phrase); to be contentious
turning another away at the gate or front door; refusing to receive a caller
to hurt one's feelings; to rub someone the wrong way
to reject; to spurn; to turn down; to refuse
to get angry; to snap; to blow one's top; to lose one's temper; to flip
to reflect on (oneself, past conduct, etc.); to contemplate; to examine; to think over; to introspect
sick person; patient; invalid
television; TV; TV program; TV programme; TV broadcast
forced labor; forced labour; slave labor; slave labour
to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love
clear insight; resignation (to one's fate); acceptance