scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
unprecedented; never seen before
severe; strict; hard (to do); difficult; intense (e.g. cold); harsh (weather)
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it
up until now; as recently as the present
meaningful; suggestive; telling; significant; knowing; pregnant (pause)
repulse; repelling (e.g. the enemy); driving back
capture (esp. of a foreign vessel); seizure
to fall completely silent; to become still as death
heavy (feeling, etc.); gloomy (weather, etc.); oppressive (atmosphere, etc.); stifling; strained
to hang over; to shroud; to enshroud; to envelop; to screen
opinion; view; comment; scolding; reprimand; rebuke
two persons; two people; pair; couple
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
refusal; rejection; denial; veto
instead; but (on the other hand)
license; licence; permission; driver's license
to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow (a person); to accompany; to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
driving license suspension
cost performance; cost effectiveness; price-performance ratio; value for money; bang for one's buck
act which serves the interests of (benefits) the enemy
idiot; moron; stupid; foolish; trivial; insignificant; malfunctioning
apart from that; other than that; leaving that aside; more importantly; more ... than that; but
assumption; supposition; hypothesis; supposition
to have a talk; to tell a story
to strip a person of all his or her clothes; to leave someone with nothing; to leave someone penniless; to steal someone blind
investigation; inspection; examination; tune; note; melody
to untie; to unfasten; to unsew; to unstitch; to solve; to work out; to dispel (misunderstanding, etc.)
lower back; waist; hips; body (of hair, noodles, paper, etc.); resilience; spring
full view; plain sight; completely visible
receiver; receiving entity
hard-to-do; difficult; tough; awkward; tricky
to shake one's head (in denial)
easy to deal with; tractable; manageable
as a matter of fact; by the way; to tell you the truth; to be honest; frankly; actually
another; one more; even more; (not) quite; (not) very
to smash; to crush; to shut down; to put out of business; to wreck; to break; to butcher