request; favour (to ask); wish; please
to fall behind; to lag behind; to lose (race, contest)
to put back; to return; to vomit; to throw up; to recover (of a market price)
decorative curtain hung from the ceiling; tent; pavilion; marquee
to run off; to break into a run; to start running
to see someone off (at a station, an airport, etc.); to escort (e.g. home); to follow something with one's eyes until it is out of sight; to let pass; to pass up (an opportunity etc.); to shelve (a plan, deliberation on a bill, etc.); to postpone
uh-huh; mm-hmm; with a moan; with a groan
to be in high spirits; to be full of vigor (vigour); to be enthusiastic; to be eager; to stretch to breaking point
drumming (noise); beating; rapidly; quickly; continuously; one after the other
racing (of an engine); spinning one's wheels; running idle; fruitless effort; going nowhere; going round in circles
command; control; commander
unpleasant; awkward; embarrassing; uneasy
miserable; pitiable; shameful; deplorable; pathetic
at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing (one) says after opening the mouth
error of judgment; miscalculation
progress; being under way
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
to exchange glances; to look at each other; to postpone; to put off; to contrast; to compare
initial response (e.g. to a crisis); action in the earliest stages; initial shock (of an earthquake); preliminary tremor
suspicious; dubious; doubtful; unsure; untrustworthy; unreliable; strange
not worth mentioning (with neg. verb); nothing special
to match (rhythm, speed, etc.); to join together; to unite; to face; to be opposite (someone); to compare; to check with
to feel around for; to fumble for; to investigate; to probe into; to explore (parts unknown); to enjoy (natural beauty)
in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run
to be visible; to be clear; to be evident; to be certain
harvest; crop; ingathering; fruits (of one's labors); gain; result
crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; hard and crunchy; very skinny; emaciated
is that so? (generally rhetorical)
what; what sort of thing; everything; anything; what (on earth)?; what's the meaning of this ...?
number one; first; best; most; game; round
discovery; detection; finding
opposite side; reverse; (on the) other hand
at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because
great; grand; extensive; large-scale
to pressure; to put pressure (on); to press
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
company; lot; bunch; troupe; company (of musicians)
may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly
performance; take; game; season; penetrative vaginal sex (with a prostitute); unsimulated sex (in an adult movie)
concentration; focusing; convergence; within a collection of works