place to put something; storage space; storehouse; depository; repository; shed
no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after; at the thought of; when I think about
four-legged; four-footed; (four-legged) animal; beast
obvious; (as) clear as day; plain to see
awkward; clumsy; stiff; crude; unrefined; constrained
to put together; to gather; to collect; to scrape together
for work; for manufacturing
operation (of a machine); running; working (and earning money); workload; deployment (e.g. to a production environment); release
using every trick in the book; using every trick one knows; by one rouse or another; with careful coaxing; carefully (e.g. nursing a damaged vehicle)
somehow; without knowing (it); unconsciously; unthinkingly
connection; attachment; changing trains; conjunction
whole; entirety; to begin with; in the first place; ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")
rumbling; (ringing) cadence
operating together; working together; being linked (to); being tied (to); being connected (with); interlocking
to step aside; to move (out of the way); to make way
winding; meandering; zigzagging; zig-zag; in twists and turns; sinuously
lock; padlock; tablet; pill
to elevate; to raise; to lift up; to flatter; to extol; to praise to the sky
stairs; stairway; staircase
to illuminate; to shine a light on; to light up
to reach one's ears; to come to one's knowledge; to hear about; to enter one's ears (e.g. of water)
gatekeeper; door guard; doorman; concierge; janitor
floating; drifting; suspension; (arch.) wandering (about)
clean water; purified water
shelf; ledge; rack; trellis
canned food; tinned food; confining someone (e.g. so they can concentrate on work); being stuck in a confined space
resistance (movement); popular resistance against a military invasion (esp. of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)
hideout; secret base of operations; safe house
to be petrified; to be unable to move; to be paralyzed (with horror); to be stupefied (with amazement)
to take down; to bring down; to drop off (a passenger); to let off; to withdraw (money); to use for the first time; to wear for the first time
thuddingly; plumping down (like a heavy weight)
to straighten up and stick one's chest out; to throw oneself back (e.g. in a chair); to lean back (arrogantly); to assume a haughty attitude; to behave arrogantly
escape; flight; running away; elopement; fleeing
drama; play; powerful drug