to go to bed; to go to sleep; to fall asleep; to be laid up (with a cold); to be ill in bed
to ask a big favour; to ask unreasonable things; to be unreasonable
to breathe while sleeping
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
one day; all day (long); throughout the day; first day of the month
completely exhausted; dead tired; knackered
polite; courteous; civil; careful; close; thorough
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
watch-keeping; guard; lookout
with a twitch (e.g. an eyebrow); with a dip; with a bob; with a flutter
attacking a fleeing enemy; additional attack on a weakened enemy; additional blow to an already unfortunate situation
disreputable; scandalous; disgraceful
to get up; to rise; to wake up; to be awake; to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen
defense; defence; guard; policing; security
to intensify; to be excited; to fly into a rage; to dash against; to encourage
jinx; omen (can be a good omen)
such a stupid ...; what a crazy ...; no way!; what nonsense!; how can that be?
to lose heart; to lose motivation
to put in; to place inside; to be enthusiastic; to be engrossed; to be in high spirits; to be excited
such ... as; or some such
to heal; to cure; to satisfy (e.g. hunger, thirst); to alleviate (e.g. sorrow, fatigue)
condensation (of ideas, emotions, etc.); condensation (of a vapour or gas)
to step on (a nail); to run (a nail) through one's foot; to put one's foot through (the floor)
to stab each other; to sacrifice oneself in order to harm someone else
drafting; requisition; impressment; commandeering; expropriation
of no concern at all; no skin off my nose
examination; quiz; test; tryout; rehearsal (in filming)
to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do; to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features; to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
main body (of an army); main force; these troops
girl; daughter; baby girl; young woman
to persuade; to coax; to solicit; to seduce; to make advances; to make a play
to flicker; to glimmer; to flit; to fall lightly (snow, rain)
nailing on; nailing down; being stationary; being rooted to the spot; (price) pegging
(political) power; authority; influence
My goodness!; Good lord!; Holy cow!
monolith; large slab of rock
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
real nuisance; becoming inconvenienced by someone else's problems (through no fault of one's own)
everybody; every last one of them; all
serious; not joking; straight
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