to exercise one's ingenuity; to come up with an ingenious plan
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to detain; to take into custody
cat-and-mouse (race); lead changing hands many times
riding ground; racecourse; racetrack
to carry in one's hand; to carry with one; to have on one's person; to take along (someone); to take (someone) with one; to be accompanied by
transit (passenger); connecting (flight); transfer (ticket)
(pedestrian) crosswalk signal
hard fighting; hard struggle; fighting against heavy odds
safe; vault; storage cabinet
transfer; redirection; transmission; forwarding (telephone call, e-mail, etc.)
unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
shelling (e.g. of eggs, nuts, crabs and such)
that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that
stopper; cork; plug; tap; faucet; stopcock
to inform; to notify; to know; to reign
to get carried away; to get overly elated; to become over-excited; to get up to speed; to move into gear
to topple over; to be overturned; to capsize; to be overruled; to be reversed; to be discredited
to begin to catch (attention, etc.); to begin to collect
lengthy (of a book, etc.); voluminous; most (e.g. most part); greater; fairly
to get; to secure; to learn; to master; to complete
blow; hit (on the body); beating
to take measures; to work out a plan; to lecture; to read aloud; to confer
wrong (guess or estimate); misdirected
to keep in contact (e.g. by phone, mail, etc.); to keep in touch
to make good; to improve; to do often; to be kind to; to treat well
ordinary person; untitled individual
a little difficult; slightly hard; not feasible; not possible
tinnitus; ringing in the ears
child born in last half of the year
faction; branch; sect; denomination; branching off