to become desperate; to give in to despair
to add (to what was said before); to say in addition
countermeasure; counter-measure
clear solution; clean decision
tacit; unspoken; implicit
good flavor (flavour); good taste; umami (fifth category of taste in food); skill; cleverness; profit
long men's underpants (resembling loose Bermuda shorts)
already completed (arrived, happened, etc.)
familiar; well-known; regular (e.g. customer); old stand-by
flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to collect (debts); to dun; to appoint; to promote; to emphasize; to focus on
(verbal) message; sending word; (arch.) excuse; (arch.) pretext
refugee; exile; displaced persons
piling up; accumulating; forming a (huge) pile; lying in piles
bad taste (e.g. in clothes); poor taste
apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize
story of one's experience; recounting of one's experiences; narrative; testimonial
to take advantage of; to impose on; to make an entry (in an account book)
bluntly (refusing, etc.); flatly; out of hand; completely
established fact; fait accompli
TV blooper; broadcasting blunder
finishing blow; coup de grâce
New World (esp. the Americas, but also Australasia); new world
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
inner structure; internal anatomy
task; (doing a) bit of work; difficult task; hard work
burlesque; low comedy; farce
calm; quiet; tranquility; tranquillity; appeasement; pacification
to turn on an electric light; to switch on a light