measure; step; countermeasure; counterplan; countermove; strategy
bare legs; bare feet; stockingless legs
hot; warm; passionate; impassioned; on everybody's mind; on the radar
damp; humid; wet; gloomy; melancholy; depressing
to say something additional; to add (to what was said before)
to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
just past noon; afternoon
to lay aside; to set aside
to itch; to feel itchy; to feel creepy; to be impatient; to itch (to do something); to be eager
various; varied; diverse; all sorts of
to have meaning; to be meaningful
to tie; to restrain; to confine; to bind; to fasten
no more than; just; only; mere; goes no further than
on the net; on the Internet; on the web
while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily
to seclude oneself; to shut oneself away
prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
working without pay; free service; work for nothing
in proportion to; just as much as
self-supply; self-sufficiency; producing for oneself; providing for oneself
addition; adding; supplement
God; god; deity; ace; king; superior person
leaving work; clocking out
plastic bottle (made of polyethylene terephthalate); PET bottle
plunking (down something heavy); flumping (into a chair)
tourist attraction; sight-seeing area
famous product; special product; speciality; specialty
more than most people; more than other people; compared with other people; more than others
to be shy; to be bashful; to look shy
top of the shoulders; tip of the shoulder; collar
sneaker; sneakers; trainers
freely; generously; liberally; ungrudgingly; unsparingly
beach; seashore; seaside; coast
to swim; to struggle through (a crowd); to make one's way through the world; to get along (in life); to totter; to lose one's balance
to infer; to figure out; to get an idea of; to tell; to imagine; to guess
to lick all over; to run one's tongue over