safety zone; traffic island
to coat a surface with something that adheres strongly when hardened (i.e. grout, plaster, lacquer); to cover up (e.g. truth); to varnish (e.g. with lies, rumors)
guess; speculation; supposition
timid; weak-kneed; fainthearted; bearish (e.g. market)
opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency
fail-safe; foolproof; totally safe
one's physical safety; personal security
to look down on; to make light of
passion; enthusiasm; zeal
to burn; to burn with (emotion, feeling); to be fired up
situation; (present) state of affairs; circumstances
plan; scheme; plot; design; project; intention
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
interval between the waves; gap between waves
to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly
round-up (e.g. of criminals); wholesale arrest; catching the whole herd with one throw
ironclad rule; inviolable rule; invariable principle; iron law
to bite at; to snap at; to jump at (e.g. an offer); to snap at; to hold on to; to cling to
intently; single-mindedly; devotedly; solely; earnestly; with all one's heart
to bend down; to bow down; to prostrate oneself; to hide oneself
to dodge; to evade; to avoid; to sidestep
to take over; to hand over
of course; certainly; naturally
to succeed (a person, to a position, etc.); to inherit; to patch (clothes); to mend; to add (e.g. charcoal to the fire); to replenish with
(time of) emergency; (in) event of emergency; (in) case of emergency
to run to; to come running; to rush (someplace); to hasten
beforehand; in advance; previously
suspicion will raise bogies; once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; jumping at shadows
carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone
representative; exemplary; model
folding knife; clasp-knife; penknife
social; societal; societary
acknowledgement; acknowledgment; recognition; cognition
early; a little earlier than usual; a little faster than usual; slightly quicker
check; checkmate; stave off; control; restraint; inhibit
effect; effectiveness; efficacy; effects (e.g. sound effects, visual effects, special effects)
another; one more; not quite; not very good; lacking
to write down; to record; to register
immersing oneself in; being absorbed in; devoting oneself to; giving oneself up entirely to
backward glance; sidelong glance; faceless ghost with an eye in its rump
notebook; copy-book; note; noting down; (musical) note; laptop (computer)
to rip out (and take); to tear out
to sit at a desk (to study); to set to work on revision, homework, etc.