cloudy sky; overcast sky; cloudy weather
sign; indication; omen; symptom
thunderstorm; thundershower
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
to go too far; to go to excess
to become muddy; to become slushy
state of reduced activity; lull; state of abeyance; stable condition
to eat up (completely); to put down (a rebellion); to suppress; (arch.) to make flat; (arch.) to level out
to hunt out; to flush out; to round up; to impress; to recruit
stormy weather; tempest; chaps (of skin)
to beat time; to mark time
diligent; hardworking; healthy; well; faithful; honest
to replace; to substitute; to switch; to move (something); to transfer
awkward (movements, speech, etc.); jerky; stiff; strained (relations); sour
established practice; custom
to be doing; to be in the process of doing
to pick out (with the fingers); to pull out; to throw out (e.g. of a bar); to drag out; to chuck out
to wake up; to sober up; to come to one's senses; to become enlightened
to lift up; to hold up; to give; to present; to do (for someone)
unsociable; unfriendly; blunt; surly; curt; cold
to awaken; to arouse from sleep; to bring to one's senses; to disabuse (someone of); to sober up
sensational; inflammatory; incendiary; (sexually) suggestive; lascivious
intangible; incorporeal; unreasonable; preposterous; absurd
area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend; (one's) field; (one's) scope; one's type; kind of person one is attracted to
making doubly sure; points scored for good measure; insurance run (in baseball)
being beaten by one's opponent's persistence; being outlasted; running out of patience; giving in; succumbing (to)
to have an erection; to become erect
moving (dwelling, office, etc.); changing residence
to carry over (an issue, decision, work, etc.); to carry forward; to put off; to postpone; to defer
what?!; what did you say?!; why?; what for?; anyone; anything
matter for the future; something that is a long way off; something that is not going to happen anytime soon
hasty; rash; rushed; hurried; impatient; impetuous
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...; it's obvious that ...
diligently; assiduously; industriously; beavering away
baton (of command); order; command; direction
as before; as ever; as it was originally
running errands; going on errands; (transaction of) business; going about one's business; doing one's business (i.e. at the toilet); going to the washroom
discouragement; despondency; dejection; disappointment
one in a million (chance, etc.); one in ten thousand; in the unlikely event that
lately; recently; these days