scram (emergency nuclear reactor shut-down)
to straddle; to sit astride; to mount; to extend over; to spread over; to span
middle; halfway; half (of); one half; half (e.g. done, jokingly); partly
full house; no vacancy; sold out; standing room only; full (of people); crowded
announcement (esp. over public-address system); official announcement; formal information release
boom; bang; wham; Oh my God!; What a shock!
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
to doubt; to distrust; to be suspicious of; to suspect
drop-by-drop; dripping; dribbling; incessantly (esp. speaking, e.g. complaints, compliments); in great profusion
to build up; to establish; to form; to become (a state); to accomplish; to achieve; to change into
bugling (sound); honking; grumbling; complaining; car; automobile
to take someone (to some place); to take someone along; to lead someone away
glass sphere; glass bead; glass marble
where; which; anyway; anyhow; sooner or later; eventually
six o'clock; six periods of a day (morning, midday, afternoon, evening, midnight, late night)
after this; from now on; hereafter; thereafter; since (then); after
leading; guiding; commanding
postponement; deferment; adjournment
club activities (usu. clubs in association with a school); extracurricular activities
goes without saying; needless to say; obvious
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
to have an idea; to have a clue
to offer; to propose; to suggest; to put forward; to request; to ask (for)
intimate friend; close friend; bosom buddy; chum
to count on one's fingers
to count up; to enumerate
not feeling like doing ...; having no mind to ...; being in no mood for ...; indifferent; half-hearted; dispirited
blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe
to stick to; to cling to; to adhere to
what's the best thing to do?; what to do?
father; dad; papa; pa; pop; daddy
to inherit; to succeed; to take over
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around