earnings from a part-time job; part-time job pay
delivery; transfer; hand-over
to lean against; to lean on; to recline on; to lie heavy (on the stomach); to be uneasily digested
stern expression; severe expression; grim expression
to probe; to search; to sound out; to investigate
to be conceivable that; to be thinkable that
unfortunately; sorry, but ...
attachment; adhesion; insistence; tenacity; fixation; obsession
wish; desire; ambition; choice
system; institution; organization; organisation
clearly; plainly; distinctly; decisively; flatly; definitely
to look away; to avert one's eyes; to avoid facing (e.g. reality)
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
investigation (e.g. into someone's guilt); questioning; pressing; catching up; overtaking
how many people; a number of people
going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes
jingle; jangle; chatty; nattering; coquettish; tawdry
out of the question; outrageous; impossible; irrelevant; not pertinent
sincere; honest; faithful
honest; upright; cleanhanded; unselfish
to be at a loss for words
to keep one's mouth shut; to refuse to talk
big leakage; uncontained leak
single-minded; intent; determined; wholehearted; earnest; devoted (to)
much less; to say nothing of
to kick over; to kick down
trembling from fear; trembling all over
rash; thoughtless; imprudent; careless; frivolous
crash; smash; crunch; bang
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to mind; to care; to worry
prize beyond one's reach; unattainable object; woman who is out of one's league; (lit.) flower on a high peak
losing one's nerve; feeling awkward; feeling timid; feeling hesitant; feeling nervous; feeling diffident
around there; near there; or thereabouts; or so; such a matter; such a thing
censure; denunciation; (verbal) attack; blaming
casual; doing something without taking it too seriously
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
heinous criminal; vicious criminal
(police) detective; criminal matter
pleading; entreaty; supplication; petition
ordinary person; average person; man in the street; everyman; (a) nobody
making the numbers balance; fixing the numbers; number-juggling; making up the numbers (e.g. to form a majority)
to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)
speaking of ...; as for ...
to reach; to amount to; to be up to the task; to come up to; to compare with; to be a match (for)