thereupon; shortly thereafter
common sense; good sense; common knowledge; general knowledge; common practice; accepted practice
because; the reason is; if you want to know why
with the exception of; excepting; excluding
to digest; to break down; to break to pieces; to be able to use; to be good at; to finish; to complete
to cross (legs or arms); to link (arms); to put together; to construct; to braid; to plait; to grapple
to aim at (with a weapon, etc.); to be after (something or someone); to have an eye on; to aim for; to set up as a goal
difficulty; hardship; trouble; infeasibility; inability (to carry out)
distance; journey; itinerary; path (e.g. to one's goal); way; process
together; jointly; at the same time; with; both
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
to stop up; to close up; to stand in the way; to obstruct; to occupy; to fill up
futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to stick; to paste; to stretch; to spread; to form (e.g. ice on a pond); to fill; to swell
essential; important; crucial; vital; main
pinch; crisis; tough spot; clothespin
number one; first; best; most; game; round
near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides
pride; boast; credit (to)
oscillation; vibration; swing (e.g. of a pendulum)
surroundings; environs; circumference
... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...
small quantity; little; little while; short distance
to leave behind; to put off; to postpone
large; big; great; prominent; -sized; as big as; university
origin; source; base; basis; cause; ingredient; material
to loiter; to putter; to prowl; to wander about; to roam about; to knock around
to collect; to assemble; to gather
clothes (esp. Western clothes); counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, drags of a cigarette, etc.
to shut in; to confine; to contain
to take out; to produce; to pick out; to fetch; to retrieve
these guys; these fellows
to create; to bring forth; to invent; to think up and bring into being; to give birth to; to bear
gaining time; stalling for time; time-buying
to give; to do (something) for
mass killing; mass murder; bloodbath
no!; no no!; no, not at all
full house; all seats occupied; fully occupied
really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit
terrific; fierce; terrible; tremendous; dreadful; awful