to cause trouble (for someone); to annoy; to bother; to inconvenience
cannot (due to external circumstances); cannot afford to; must not; impossible to; no way one can (do)
to float; to be suspended; to rise to the surface; to appear; to come to mind; to have inspiration
to change; to swap; to change the object of one's interest or focus; to spend or take time; to infect; to permeate something with the smell or colour of something; to move on to the next or different stage of (a plan, etc.)
to put up with; to endure; to bear patiently
completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; body from which the soul has left; corpse; shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.)
to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off
reasoning; inference; deduction; mystery or detective genre
planned; scheduled; systematic
staff; member (club, society, etc.)
participation; taking part in; participating in; being concerned in
shock (psychological); crisis (esp. financial); event that rattles the markets; shock (physical, mechanical); shock (e.g. due to lack of blood flow); trauma
reality; actuality; hard fact
to take (someone) away; to carry off; to abduct; to kidnap
pure white; blank (e.g. mind, paper)
there; that situation; that occasion; the spot (i.e. "on the spot"); immediately; then and there
to sit down hard; to sink down to the floor
to glare at; to scowl at; to stare intensely at; to examine carefully; to estimate; to guess
sure to ...; certain to ...; bound to ...; it's natural that ...
to approach; to draw near
to swear; to vow; to take an oath; to pledge
in three days' time; two days after tomorrow
to go out (e.g. on an excursion or outing); to leave; to depart; to be about to leave; to be just going out
to throw away as useless; to scrap; to make null and void; to renege; to annul
self-; from ...; this ... (in contrast to some other ...); aforementioned
oh, OK; oh, I see; oh, yeah?; hmm
at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much as possible; as much as one can
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
impatience; uneasiness; irritation; fretfulness
to take an attitude; to take a stance; to commit oneself; to assume a position
to be a matter of life or death
frustrated (over a failure, humiliation or injustice); annoyed; chagrined; (bitterly) disappointed; bitter; vexed
(weep) quietly; silently; (cry) bitterly
to raise; to raise up; to wake; to wake up; to cause; to bring about; to start
as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate
thoroughness; completeness; consistency; thorough enforcement; seeing to it that a policy, etc. is carried out without exception
hard; solid; stiff; tight; strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved); safe
decision; determination; resolution
intermittently; bit by bit; little by little; in drops (e.g. of rain)