here and there; all around; everywhere; to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up
infantry; infantryman; foot soldier
care-taking; house-sitting; house-watching; caretaker; house-sitter
men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders
engaging in (work); pursuing (e.g. studies); following (a profession); being involved in
itemization (of expenses); the items; breakdown; classification
plausible; believable; solemn; dignified; serious
purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not
to step on a landmine; to really step in it; to screw up; to open up a can of worms
raising one's hand; show of hands (e.g. for a vote); salute
to be stormy; to be rough; to be rough (of skin); to be chapped; to be ruined; to fall into ruin
to begin; to set about; to start
breaking up (e.g. meeting); dispersing (e.g. crowd); dissolving (company, organization, etc.); liquidating; dissolving (diet, parliament, etc.)
astonishing; amazing; surprising; wonderful
to be jealous of; to envy; to begrudge
to soothe; to calm; to pacify
anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever
to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed
search; lookup; hunt; (item of) research; exploration; investigation
skillful; skilful; adroit; clever; shrewd; ingenious
and; thereupon; because of that
conversation; conference (usu. between important people); discussion; interview
fixed date; appointed day
about when; about what time; how soon
fifth day of the month; five days
second day of the month; two days
to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.); to get in; to get on (e.g. a footstool); to step on; to reach; to go over; to follow
to get entangled in; to be involved in; to be embroiled in; to get mixed up in
to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy
common front; united front
whitewashing; glossing over; lip service; deftly finishing up; putting on the final touches
mainly; chiefly; primarily; for the most part
class (of students); group (of people); party; lot; bunch; crime family; organized-crime syndicate
selection; classification; sorting; screening; triage
for two people's eyes to meet; catching someone's eye; making eye contact; meeting a person's gaze
query; interrogation; enquiry; question; inquiry
just (now, at the moment, etc.); just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that