car; automobile; vehicle; wheel
going on ahead; forestalling; anticipating; arrival before another
sneakily; secretly; stealthily; on the sly
to let leak; to let out (e.g. light); to let out (a secret); to leak (information); to give utterance to (e.g. one's dissatisfaction); to vent; to wet one's pants
frank; candid; frankfurter; frank
imagination; supposition; guess
such ... as; or some such
volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)
there's no (other) way; cannot be helped; unavoidable; it's no use (doing); pointless; hopeless (person)
to delay; to postpone; to slow down; to retard
rightly or wrongly; by all possible means
to read; to recite (e.g. a sutra); to chant; to predict; to guess; to decipher; to count
remaining bony parts (of a fish after filleting); flaw (esp. of a person); fault; rice chaff; rough; crude
to inhale; to breathe in; to suck up; to absorb; to soak up
row; line; company (of someone); group; sequence; counter for rows
to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake
far from; anything but; not at all; let alone; to say nothing of; not to mention
to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart
destination; whereabouts; future; prospects
leader; reader; reading book; reader (i.e. someone who reads); microreader; dotted line (in printing)
rumour; rumor; report; hearsay; gossip; common talk
look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting
cancelling (a debt); forgiving (a debt); being even; forgetting (what was said or done); pretending (something never happened)
to protect (someone); to look after (e.g. an injured leg); to defend; to cover for; to stand up for; to stick up for
confidence; trust; faith; credit (finance)
about to start out; just about to leave or go out; outing; trip
each (person); everyone; individual; respective
retirement; retiring (from a race, match, etc.); dropping out
to be different from what was previously said; to be different from what was promised
cross mark; demerit mark; an X
ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage
expressly; especially; taking the trouble (to do); intentionally; deliberately
division; section; demarcation; (traffic) lane; compartment; classification
having served one's purpose; being finished (with); business settled
(in) the middle of; (in) the midst of; (in) the course of; (at) the height of
to be noisy (e.g. from people talking); to be discomposed (e.g. feelings)