(lit.) to carry a bomb; to have a bomb about to go off; to have an imminent problem; to be in danger of relapse
locals; local inhabitants
crossing (a road, river, etc.); cutting through (e.g. of a river through a town); crossing (east-west); traversing; cutting horizontally; sectioning laterally
citizen; resident; person; user (of a website, esp. as a collective, e.g. Twittersphere)
distance in a straight line; distance as the crow flies
to talk (someone) down; to argue (someone) into silence
record of proceedings; minutes
priority; order of precedence
(state of) apparent death; suspended animation
in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine
to encourage someone to expect something; to raise someone's hopes
deputy head teacher; vice principal
the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age; what is this world coming to
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
substantial; real (as opposed to nominal)
reinforcement (e.g. of troops)
to be highhanded; to be arrogant; to be overbearing
first and foremost; above all; most importantly of all
to not take seriously; to take lightly
forbidding mentioning (something to others); imposing silence (on); ordering (someone) to keep quiet; hush money
transport; transportation; transit; conveyance
muzzling (someone); gagging; forcing (someone) to keep quiet (about something); silencing (someone); killing (someone) to prevent them from revealing something
at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else
generation of heat; (attack of) fever; pyrexia
principal; head teacher; headmaster; headmistress
villain; baddie; the villain's part
to charm; to attract; to fascinate; to entice
elementary and middle school pupils
self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I
both are bad; neither is good; one's as bad as the other; both are to blame; six of one, half a dozen of the other
to intend; to be sure that
to be reluctant (to do); to be unwilling (to do); to falter; to slacken; to have a frequent urge to defecate but difficulty passing stool; to suffer from tenesmus
balloon (hot-air, weather, etc.); blimp
long talk; long-winded speech