to hold the steering wheel; to drive (a car)
positive (e.g. thinking); positive (photography); positive (electrical polarity)
to board; to embark on; to get into (a car); to march into; to enter
returning to military duty
shaking; shake; unsettledness; instability; existence of multiple spellings, pronunciations, usages, etc. for a single word
to sink (into); to get depressed
preface; introduction; preamble
half-holiday; taking half of the day off
counterintelligence; counterespionage
calling by name; designation; nomination
to project; to stand out; to jut out; to go somewhere (e.g. for work); to proceed to; to leave for
on the occasion of; at the time of
to be popular; to come into fashion; to be prevalent; to spread widely (e.g. disease); to flourish; to thrive
armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track
sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring
to shake one's head (in denial)
to give directions; to issue instructions
bureaucratic routine; red tape
to be truant; to slack off; to play hooky; to skip school; to cut class; to skip out
praise; admiration; exalting; extolling
public (facilities, service, etc.); communal
performance (e.g. music, dance, pantomime, etc.)
necessary information; required fields (e.g. in a form)
without preparation; off the cuff; unreserved; without restraint; beginning; start
to telephone; to make a phone call
this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that
performing without rehearsal
chase; pursuit; tracking; following up; tracing
acquisition (esp. corporate); buy-out; takeover; bribery; buying off; corruption
battle cruiser; battlecruiser
to be excited; to be elated
pecking order; hierarchical relationship; vertical relationship; hyponymy
early dawn; grey of morning; gray of morning
look; glance; sight; summary; list; table
photography (still or motion); photographing; filming; shooting; (video) recording
old-fashioned; behind the times; out-of-date; antiquated
excelling; surpassing; outdoing
hedgehog (any mammal of family Erinaceidae)