to have something on one's mind; to have (undisclosed) reservations; to feel conflicted
standing on tiptoe and stretching one's back to make oneself taller; stretching oneself; overreaching oneself; overstretching oneself; trying to do something beyond one's ability
in that way; like that; that way
to happen to meet; to come across
department (in an organization); division; club; part; component; category
perfect; complete; flawless
exposure; laying bare; baring (e.g. skin); (photographic) exposure
to step into (e.g. someone else's territory); to break into; to raid; to come to grips with; to get to the core of
to step on; to tread on; to set foot on (e.g. foreign soil); to stand on; to experience; to undergo; to follow (rules, principles, etc.)
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
mud; slush; (wet) dirt; thief
bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.)
of all people; a person of ...'s standing
to get cloudy; to cloud over; to cloud up; to fog up; to be gloomy; to be clouded (expression)
lack of policy; having no measures; lacking means
meeting; rendezvous; encounter; confluence
to master something (through personal experience)
has reached its limit; has reached its peak
impressive; striking; memorable; impactful
low rank; lower position; subordinate position; lower order (e.g. byte)
waste of labor or energy; waste of labour; vain effort
waste of effort; thankless task
high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the expensive side; comparatively expensive; wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score
construction; architecture (of buildings)
to take home; to carry home; to bring back home; to take out (e.g. food)
being reluctant to give out (pay, provide, etc.); giving out grudgingly
to start to say; to attempt to say; to be about to say; to speak to; to address
bat (Chiroptera spp.); umbrella; opportunist; turncoat
covert action; covert operations
to deceive; to delude; to trick; to be as ... as ... (e.g. "as bright as day", "as beautiful as a rose")
some; (a) little; somewhat; to some extent; in part
anyway; anyhow; at any rate; in any case
everything working out as desired
to agree on; to agree about
all present; all concerned; all of us
dirty-looking; filthy; disgusting; squalid