temporary dwelling; temporary housing
temporary; provisional; to do something temporarily (esp. build temporary facilities); to do something provisionally
care of schoolchildren outside of school time
highway; freeway; expressway; motorway
high-speed; rapid; express; highway; freeway; expressway
accident resulting in personal injury or death (esp. traffic, rail, etc.)
the human body; one's person
to be late; to be delayed; to fall behind (in a race, one's studies, etc.); to lag behind; to be bereaved of; to be preceded by (someone) in death
instant; moment; for an instant
accident; incident; trouble; circumstances; reasons
outsider; someone outside of a group
private; informal; among one's people (group, friends)
symbol; sign; (secret) price mark; secret language; code
to have meaning; to be meaningful
as was expected; just as one thought; sure enough; really; actually; ever
(not) always; (not) necessarily; (not) entirely; (not) all
important; significant; precious; valuable; careful
clue; lead; key; handhold; hold
wasteful; a waste; too good; more than one deserves; impious; profane
protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story); head of household
(one's) whereabouts; destination; where one is headed; outcome; course (of events); future
gesture; movement; action; acting; performance
to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on
tingling; stinging; pungently
nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail); claw; plectrum; pick; hook; clasp
to tear; to rip; to break through (cordon, opponent's defense, etc.); to breach; to defeat; to beat; to break (e.g. silence)
rate; ratio; profit; assignment; 10%; unit of ten percent; match
neck; head; dismissal; discharge
to warp; to curve; to arch; to bend backward (body or body part, e.g. fingers)
aloes wood (Taxus cuspidata var. nana); aloes-wood perfume; aloes-wood incense
to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted
imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect
peculiarity; uniqueness; characteristic
but then; although; though; reasonable; natural; just
thirteen; 13; king (playing card)
century; era; of the century (e.g. fight of the century)
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perm (hairstyle); permanent wave
crumpled; rumpled; to be annoyed; to be irritated; noisily (chewing)
certainly; of course; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); without even; without so much as; at the (least, earliest, etc.)