to vomit; to throw up; to feel nauseated; to feel sick
cleaning; clean-up; garbage collection; scavenging
screen (of a TV, computer, etc.); image (on a screen); picture; surface of a painting (picture, drawing, etc.)
know-it-all airs; I-know-how-it-is look
pregnancy; conception; gestation
childbirth; (giving) birth; delivery; production (of goods)
self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
ending up right back where one started
seeing off and meeting on return
return journey; one's way home; one's way back
whimpering; sniveling; sobbing
very hungry; starving; ravenous
level; standard; water level
to catch the eye; to attract attention
division; splitting; sharing; distribution; draw; tie
to take turns doing; to do in rotation
blunt; to the point; direct; outspoken; frank
reform; reformation; reorganization
to shoulder responsibility
to rummage through; to ransack (e.g. a drawer); to throw into confusion; to disrupt; to upset
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
to jump at; to leap at; to fly at; to spring at; to pounce on
cooperation; collaboration; help; support
private talk; confidential talk; secret talk
password; watchword; motto; slogan
digestion (of food); digestion (of information); assimilation; consumption; absorption; (arch.) losing one's form and turning into something else
to insert; to put in; to send in (to a prisoner; e.g. clothes, books); to deliver (food, refreshments, etc. to workers); to supply
dirty work; unpleasant task
measure; step; dealing with; medical treatment
to jump on someone's (verbal) mistake; to trip someone up; to find fault with something someone says
to puzzle over; to think deeply about; to rack one's brains over (wrack)
euphemistic; circumlocutory; periphrastic; roundabout; indirect
insertion; letter drop; sending to a prisoner; thing sent to a prisoner; supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
immediately; as soon as possible; as quickly as possible
to challenge to (a fight, game, etc.); to throw down the gauntlet; to tackle (e.g. a problem); to attempt; to pressure (someone) for sex; to make advances to
to make an appointment; to make a reservation
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
underwater; behind closed doors; behind the scenes; below the surface
breach of manners; breach of etiquette; faux pas