complicated; complex; intricate; confusing; difficult; troublesome
to stir; to churn; to rummage around; to throw into confusion; to throw into chaos
just kidding; not!; ersatz; imitation; phony
bare eyes (i.e. without glasses, contact lenses, etc.); uncorrected vision; unaided vision
piece of evidence; evidence
immediate, direct response
to advise strongly; to insist (on something)
engineer; technical officer
head over heels; headlong; head first
to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across
to finish up; to complete; to finish off; to get through; to polish off
incomplete; unfinished; imperfect
open seam; seam that has come apart; tear
to become frayed; to become loose
to carry on one's back; to bear; to take (responsibility); to assume; to suffer (an injury); to sustain (a wound)
hitting a dangerous (harmful) spot (e.g. hitting one's head)
(dead) body; corpse; remains
bustling; shuffling; squirming; creepy crawly
easygoing; optimistic; conceited
present condition; existing state; status quo; current state
ticktock; chinking (e.g. of a hammer against rock); knocking; dry and hard; (frozen) stiff; hidebound
to divert (e.g. one's mind); to distract; to relieve (boredom, sorrow, etc.); to conceal (e.g. one's grief with a smile); to hide; to shift (the conversation)
friend; companion; comrade; accompaniment; companion (e.g. book); complement
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
matter; thing; affair; circumstance
move with haste (when you have no doubts); strike while the iron is hot
good; goodness; right; virtue
atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; reappearance; atavism
insertion; interposition; interpolation; infix
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
after a while; a little while later; shortly afterward; after a brief interval
telephone bill; telephone rate
absence; disregard; indifference
contacting; getting in touch; communication; call; message
tongue; tongue (of a shoe); seal flap (of an envelope)
(overnight) stay; lodging
the sixth sense; intuition; hunch
not insignificant; not to be sneezed at