the staff; inside the department
thorough; exhaustive; complete
to miss each other; to cross (in the post); to go astray; to go wrong
community door-to-door campaign; search operation; cleaning campaign carried out thoroughly over an area
to talk to oneself; to mutter
Oklahoma mixer (folk dance); Turkey in the Straw
to stop by; to drop in for a short visit
resignation; acceptance; consolation
sauce; Worcestershire sauce
knowledge; awareness; consent; acceptance; forgiving; pardoning
to precede; to forestall; to anticipate
practical problem; practical matter
to ascertain; to make sure of; to determine; to probe; to get to the bottom (of something)
to take action; to start; to get started; to begin to do
distant look; faraway look
way of reciting; way of telling a story
inconsistency; discord; conflict; discrepancy; contradiction; failure
limited time; limited-time offer
gallant; brave; imposing; awe-inspiring; severe; biting
tree; shrub; bush; wood; timber
with a snap; with a bang; with a plonk; suddenly; all of a sudden
to break off; to come to an end; to be interrupted; to be cut short; to pause
prickling; stinging; biting; tale-telling; tattling
to complete decisively; to do to completion
to bring; to take (something) along; to fetch; to get
intent; intention; bad faith; mens rea (guilty mind)
have a pain in one's chest
backflip; backward somersault
(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere
to spill; to drop; to grumble; to complain; to let one's feelings show
to come to one's senses; to recover consciousness; to feel relieved; to feel relaxed
unskilled; awkward; bad; clumsy; poor
to dance; to perform dance steps
substitute national holiday; day off in lieu of a national holiday that falls on a Sunday; compensatory holiday