to put to use; to make good use of; to exploit
clever; intelligent; well-behaved (esp. children and pets); obedient; (arch.) good (with words)
unthinking; thoughtless; heedless; inconsiderate
thundering; purring; something large and heavy starting to roll; scattered about; common; idleness; idling about
before one's eyes; under one's nose; immediate (e.g. interests); present; foresight; near future
opposition; resistance; insubordination; defiance; hostility; rebellion
reform; reformation; reorganization
supposing; even if; granting that; temporarily; provisionally; for the time being
in the end; at the end of the day
to cover (with something); to put on (e.g. on someone else's head); to plate something (with a metal); to pour or dash a liquid (on something); to charge (a person with a guilt)
back off!; leave me alone!
to compromise; to meet halfway; to step up to; to walk up to; to approach
left and right; right and left; (asserting) control; influence; one's attendants; people accompanying one
light; faint; pale; fleeting
preference; priority; precedence
shallow; superficial; thoughtless; short-sighted; foolish; silly
to be about to board; to be riding on; to get on top of; to lean over; to set about; to collide with
about; roughly; generally; on the whole; completely; quite
field of vision; view; one's outlook (e.g. on life); one's horizons
each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn
something like ...; something called ...
expedient; means; instrument; upaya (skillful means, methods of teaching)
grabbing hold; eagle grip; tight hold
extent of (one's) foolishness; degree of stupidity
support; participation; assistance; complicity; conspiracy
nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter; nothing to worry about
to the best of one's meager ability; the little help one can be; though my help might not be worth much
fluently (speaking a foreign language); incessantly (speaking); glibly; one after the other (flipping through pages); thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy
to expose; to lay open (e.g. secret); to take apart; to disassemble; to kill; to murder; to dress (meat)
to gather up; to scrape up together; to rake
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
to press down; to hold down; to pin down
helping hand; help; support; aid
to hold out; to extend (e.g. one's hands); to thrust (javelin); to offer (e.g. aid, help, etc.)
it's none of your business; it's not your concern
to freeze (from fear, etc.); to be unable to move (e.g. from surprise); to be paralyzed (with horror, etc.); to cower; to shrink in on oneself
to do as one wishes; to act as one wills