to get stuck with (some job); to end up with (something unpleasant)
mockery; derision; ridicule
to be in a fit (of anger); to rage
via; through; by doing; by means of; using
to be solved; to be resolved; to loosen; to come untied; to be removed (of restrictions); to be lifted (e.g. a ban)
to read (somebody's) thoughts; to guess what (someone) is thinking
to raise one's head; to come to the fore; to rise into importance; to gain strength; to rear its head
dimension; perspective; point of reference; level (of something)
imitation; fake; phony; pseudo-
shout of joy; cry of pleasure; jubilant comments
you could say; you might say; verging on the
economical; efficient; lean; compact
occupation (e.g. of territory); exclusive possession
oh!; ah!; oh dear!; good grief!; dear me!; thank God!
to go out to meet; to receive; to welcome; to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family); to call for; to summon
to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse
filth (esp. excrement, feces, urine); muck; waste; garbage; dirt; dust
by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage; bleeding money; red ink; selling below cost
to remain; to abide; to stay (in the one place); to be limited to; to be confined to; to only account for
halfway; half measures; unfinished; incomplete; by halves; half-baked
valid; proper; right; appropriate; reasonable
fall of the curtain; last scene; end of act
to be affected; to put on airs; to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be
to continue to do; to persist in doing
as soon as...; just after...; immediately after...; hurriedly; in haste; quickly
to give up; to abandon (hope, plans); to resign oneself (to)
to detain; to check; to restrain
after (practically) no time; immediately after; just; having no time to
to rush back; to run back
to stop; to turn off; to park; to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade
the future (usually distant); future tense; the world to come
peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled
some; any; in any way; of some kind; of some sort
trifling with; toying with; playing with; tossing about (a ship)
thick; dense; rich (as in taste or content); crowded
to jump up; to start up; to leap to one's feet; to fly away; to take off
to get slightly dirty (all over)
fluorescent lamp; fluorescent light; person who is slow to react; someone slow on the uptake
crack; fissure; rift; split; chaps; skin fissure