counter-proposal; counter-suggestion
most suitable; optimum; optimal; best
to collect oneself; to cool off; to recover oneself
to attack; to assault; to assail
rag; scrap; fault (esp. in a pretense, pretence); defect; run-down; shabby
bounce; spring; momentum; impetus; moment; instant
my goodness!; oh my!; oh dear!
fast-talking; rapid talking
gradually; by degrees; little by little; steps; stairs; staircase
to rise to the surface; to surface; to stand out (e.g. against a background)
to get down to business; to cut to the chase; to get straight to the point; to move on to the main subject
to fix upon (one-sidedly); to (ignore somebody's position and) arbitrarily decide something is the case; to scold; to take (a person) to task
(police) detective; criminal matter
estimate; guess; direction; bearings; registration mark (printing); approximately
to have heard somewhere; to sound familiar
to dump (e.g. onto the floor); to empty by overturning; to throw out (contents); to tell everything; to reveal everything; to open one's heart
to roll up; to enfold; to swallow up; to involve; to drag into
self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency; smugness
to turn one's back on; to be uninterested in
naked; bare; uncovered; frank; open; blunt
camping; campground; making camp
what would (you) do?; what to do about it
low grade; inferiority; coarseness; vulgarity
to attract interest; to get attention to appeal
true character; real nature
unpleasant; disagreeable; nasty; lewd; lascivious; obscene
site; point on a map; spot
to play a dirty trick; to use underhanded methods; to hit below the belt; to play false
to get worse; to deteriorate; to go from bad to worse; to spoil (of food); to go bad; to perish
thereupon; shortly thereafter
to commit (e.g. crime); to perpetrate; to break (e.g. rule); to violate; to rape; to violate
resistance; opposition; reluctance; repulsion; resistance; drag
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
inquiry into; enquiry into; prying (into); investigation; search; exploration
to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting; to throw up; to vomit
first day (e.g. at work, school); day one
second day of the month; two days
to keep watch; to stand guard
to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to
something; something or other; so-and-so; somehow; anyhow; one way or another
irresponsible; perfunctory; lukewarm; half-baked; reasonable; moderate