to lend someone one's shoulder; to support with one's shoulder; to lend a hand; to come to someone's aid
coherence; order; focus; point
place to die; place of death
fetters; shackles; hobbles; encumbrance; hindrance; burden
to wrench open; to prize open; to pick (lock)
to fall forward (of a person); to tumble forward
to grovel; to go down on one's hands and knees
mob; the masses; rabble; riffraff
stale; hackneyed; cliched
reinforcement; augmentation; strengthening; increase; buildup
bare rock; rock surface; rock face
to pinch; to hold (between one's fingers); to pick up and eat; to snack on; to pick out (the main point); to summarize
to label; to put a tag on
identification; background check; identity confirmation
astounding; tremendous; crazy; exorbitant
to be taken aback; to be dumbfounded
to place (in position); to fix; to install; to seat (someone); to settle (upon something); to fix (e.g. one's gaze)
what's that?; what the...
to have a nightmare; to make a noise during a nightmare
major; large; the Major Leagues; Major League Baseball; major (key, scale, etc.); (oil) major
rate; ratio; comparatively; contrary to expectations
adhesion; conglutination; collusion; collusive relationship
lively; vigorous; energetic; full of (energy, appetite, curiosity, etc.); brimming with
to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)
there's but a fine line between genius and insanity
practical use; application; conjugation; inflection
hey!; c'mon!; pushy; overbearing; self-assured
punishment; spanking; smacking; chastisement; scolding
indicates means of action; cause of effect; by
mumbling; chewing one's words; chewing (food); squirming; wriggling
indirection; indirectness
tightness (of money, financial conditions, etc.); pressure; stringency; being strained (of a situation); being tense; being pressing
bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess